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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5730913" data-attributes="member: 54877">The main benefits of sharp focus in design are transparency and fidelity to the design.&nbsp; The thing is the thing is the thing--and we all know it.&nbsp;However, this is in tension with the way most people view characters.&nbsp; Even in a game as niche-conscious as D&amp;D traditionally has been, we'd like for there to be some acknowledgement that the thing being modeled is part of a character.&nbsp; These characters need rounding.&nbsp;If we try to do the rounding by watering down each element individually, we could easily get mush. And in fact, the more this happens, the more people want to water down the elements, making it even mushier.&nbsp; Why this call for making everyone a striker (thus cancelling the role)?&nbsp; Because doing damage is important, and the balance of characters who should be doing it is not accurately reflected by making it one of four roles.&nbsp;OTOH, you can have a relatively soft mix of hard elements.&nbsp; The more variety people have in combining those hard elements, the softer the character will be--and the more hard the elements will then be allowed to be.&nbsp; You can make the striker roll even more meaningful, because any concept that is high damage can now include it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5730913, member: 54877"] The main benefits of sharp focus in design are transparency and fidelity to the design. The thing is the thing is the thing--and we all know it. However, this is in tension with the way most people view characters. Even in a game as niche-conscious as D&D traditionally has been, we'd like for there to be some acknowledgement that the thing being modeled is part of a character. These characters need rounding. If we try to do the rounding by watering down each element individually, we could easily get mush. And in fact, the more this happens, the more people want to water down the elements, making it even mushier. Why this call for making everyone a striker (thus cancelling the role)? Because doing damage is important, and the balance of characters who should be doing it is not accurately reflected by making it one of four roles. OTOH, you can have a relatively soft mix of hard elements. The more variety people have in combining those hard elements, the softer the character will be--and the more hard the elements will then be [B]allowed[/B] to be. You can make the striker roll even more meaningful, because [B]any[/B] concept that is high damage can now include it. [/QUOTE]

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