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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 7638035" data-attributes="member: 6906155">A few things not mentioned yet:Swashbuckler gets a &quot;taunt&quot; type ability at level 9 (Panache). It is possible to build a high survivability rogue to take advantage of this. Sentinel is particularly good - who wants to risk an extra sneak attack?!Path of the Ancients barbarian has abilities intended to draw attacks away from other party members. So does Totem, but not until level 14 (although many consider &quot;reckless attack&quot; a taunt type ability, at least against intelligent foes).It's worth noting that the 4e Defender's Taunt is one of the primary reasons people felt that 4e owed too much to MMOs rather than earlier editions of D&amp;D. Ironically, the reason MMOs like WoW added Taunt was because avatars had no physicality, and could not simply interpose themselves between enemies and allies, which was the expected tactic in earlier editions of D&amp;D.PS. Also worth mentioning the Mark of Sentinel dragonmark from the Eberron setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 7638035, member: 6906155"] A few things not mentioned yet: Swashbuckler gets a "taunt" type ability at level 9 (Panache). It is possible to build a high survivability rogue to take advantage of this. Sentinel is particularly good - who wants to risk an extra sneak attack?! Path of the Ancients barbarian has abilities intended to draw attacks away from other party members. So does Totem, but not until level 14 (although many consider "reckless attack" a taunt type ability, at least against intelligent foes). It's worth noting that the 4e Defender's Taunt is one of the primary reasons people felt that 4e owed too much to MMOs rather than earlier editions of D&D. Ironically, the reason MMOs like WoW added Taunt was because avatars had no physicality, and could not simply interpose themselves between enemies and allies, which was the expected tactic in earlier editions of D&D. PS. Also worth mentioning the Mark of Sentinel dragonmark from the Eberron setting. [/QUOTE]

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