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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7250292" data-attributes="member: 71699">I feel like you are right in part. And we need to run a couple of scenarios to demonstrate it. The BS can tank, if he wants, but as you say he is better off following a hybrid role. I agree that his wizard powers are stronger than his melee, but his melee powers are pretty darned strong. What I'm finding in play is that our BS is seldom hit, does great damage with GFB, and as he's usually not solo-tanking foes with CR equal to his level (i.e. about double his XP threshold), he contributes effective melee... with undiminished casting power.Indeed. Don't think I didn't notice the switch from Champion to Bearbarian (sic). I didn't say BS tanked better than Bearbarian. Giant is a canny pick because of the big crits, but also I feel like people need to notice how they're drawn to choosing creatures with high CRs as foes, to "prove" that BS isn't good at tanking. Giants are CR 5 (versus CR 6 characters), and previously it was a CR 4 (against a level 4). What is a Wizard doing even looking like tanking that in the first place?But let's run it and see. It's easy enough to be objective about the foe's choices, and make sensible choices for our PCs.</blockquote>