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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ahayford" data-source="post: 5676564" data-attributes="member: 6680745">You are applying 4th edition role descriptions to 3rd edition classes. It doesn't really work that way. 4th edition reorganized the abilities and classes such that each power source/fluff type (marial/arcane/divine/psionic/primal) had a class that excelled in each role. So if you wanted to play a psionic damage dealer, you'd pick the psionic striker class that has the fluff name "Blah" (I don't remember the exact name). That classes abilities would be focused around doing damage, but that doesn't meen they couldn't do other things, just that was what they were best at. Now whether nor not WoTC has stayed true to this model with their powers is debatable, but I think the design is sound.3rd edition had no such role distinctions, and thus had no role focus. Trying to apply the role tags to them isn't really going to work.</blockquote>