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<blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 5886361" data-attributes="member: 78958">Your friend is working on a horrible plan. Think: if you were an Orc Chieftain attacking the party with your Orc cronies, who would you attack? The Wizard putting your buddies to sleep, or the Rogue stabbing away with his Shortswords, or the Cleric healing and buffing your enemies - or the heavily armored, nigh-impossible-to-hit, factual non-issue who does nothing while he waits to be futilely attacked? Much better to take out the ones who are actually putting the hurt on you and your band of tuskers, no? You can still flank/aid another/trip/grapple/stab to death the non-issue whose only means of offense is taking up space.If you want to play a tank, you need not only good defenses - making you an attractive target is a much more important concern. Otherwise, it's safe to ignore you and go for juicier targets instead. Keeping a balance between good defense and annoying offense is what playing a tank is all about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Empirate, post: 5886361, member: 78958"] Your friend is working on a horrible plan. Think: if you were an Orc Chieftain attacking the party with your Orc cronies, who would you attack? The Wizard putting your buddies to sleep, or the Rogue stabbing away with his Shortswords, or the Cleric healing and buffing your enemies - or the heavily armored, nigh-impossible-to-hit, factual non-issue who does [I]nothing [/I]while he waits to be futilely attacked? Much better to take out the ones who are actually putting the hurt on you and your band of tuskers, no? You can still flank/aid another/trip/grapple/stab to death the non-issue whose only means of offense is taking up space. If you want to play a tank, you need not only good defenses - making you an attractive target is a [I]much [/I]more important concern. Otherwise, it's safe to ignore you and go for juicier targets instead. Keeping a balance between good defense and annoying offense is what playing a tank is all about. [/QUOTE]

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