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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ipissimus" data-source="post: 4190988" data-attributes="member: 41514">And they still manage to create more nuanced, stylized, relevant, original and interesting plots and characters than Hollywood!As for Anime heroes all being strikers, I don't think that's all true. Sure, most of the time an Anime character will be shooting fireballs from his hands but when you get to some of the more realistic (the way DnD is 'more realistic' than Exalted) stuff you see them straying into Defender territory.Kenshin Himura in particular often defends his friends in a fight with a melee weapon. His ultimate attack even requires him to stand his ground and draw his sword. It even sucks his enemy towards him! Gourry Gabriev from The Slayers is pretty much what people think of as the stereotypical fighter (let's face it, they ripped off DnD for that). Dumb, good with a sword and often defends Lina and the others from harm. To a lesser extent (mainly because he's more of a controller) Zelgardis Greywords from the same anime will take hits for his friends allowing his stone skin to absorb damage they can't.Granted, most modern action heroes in fiction don't wear heavy armour and most of them seem to concentrate on speed and killing an enemy in a single shot which makes them seem very strikerish on the surface. But the DnD defenders aren't left behind in the damage stakes either, the pregen Fighter's daily does do 30+hp and it's reliable. Ask the wizard how much of a doofus he feels just after he's missed with Acid Arrow.</blockquote>

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