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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8123181" data-attributes="member: 29398">That sounds like a recipe for one hellacious round of arguments, to the point where the game would quite likely collapse before it began.It's also ripe for one player in effect being able to determine what everyone else plays, by (without actually saying it) vetoing everything that doesn't fit with his vision of what those other players should play.  For example, if this player thinks Mary always plays Wizards well he might decide to veto everything Mary puts forward until and unless it's a Wizard; ditto Bob and support-style Clerics and Joanne and Bards/Rogues.Why?To be blunt about it, this sounds a little on the selfish side: just because you've decided to play a front-line tank doesn't (and IMO shouldn't) give you a monopoly on front-line tanking, yet that seems to be what you're asking for here.That, and from what I can tell the 'role' aspect in 5e isn't nearly as front-and-center as in 4e; in 5e parties where roles are over- or under-represented are much more viable.</blockquote>