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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9586950" data-attributes="member: 4534">When it comes to characters and party composition, what's appropriate is very much dependent on on what game is being played, what's expected to happen in the campaign, and of course the group dynamic among the players and the GM.  It's appropriate to have some general guidelines, but the answer is just going to depend on the the specifics of what's being played.  In some games, like Delta Green, you're not really expected to build a party where every specialization is covered.  It's expected that investigators will very often be out of their depth, and the GM is going to supply the players with NPC experts if they're necessary for the game to continue.  i.e.  Nobody has to play the CDC nerd if they don't want to.  But even then, if you want to play, you need to make a character who is motivated to join an illegal conspiracy within the United States government to investigate the use of hypergeometry.  For some games, and I'd argue D&D is one of them, there is an assumption that a party will be comprised of individuals with certain abilities.  The whole game was predicated on having a Fighting Man, a Magic-User, later a Cleric, then a Thief, etc., etc.  Even today, scenarios are designed with these roles in mind.  And I feel if you don't like that, then D&D might not be the game for you.  Which is okay.  I know people who hate games with rigid class systems.</blockquote>

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