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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mentat55" data-source="post: 5560090" data-attributes="member: 14840">Question: I am a player in a level 16 party, our player complement is in a bit of flux (we are losing our avenger on a temporary, but potentially permanent,  basis).  Thus, I am thinking of changing my PC to make things run more smoothly.Current party:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Half-elf cunning bard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragonborn cleric (Str/Wis, mixes melee, ranged, and AOE attacks)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Goliath paladin (Charisma, wields trident and shield)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tiefling infernal warlock</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Human tome wizard (me)</li> </ul>So the party has two strong leaders, a defender, and a striker, plus my controller (the wizard).  However, without our avenger, we have only two frontline characters for a 5-person party, and the cleric often uses ranged attacks.  Between the bard, warlock, and cleric, we have a lot of secondary control, and between the two leaders and the paladin, we have a tremendous amount of buffing and healing.I am thinking of playing a great weapon fighter, mainly because I really want to play a fighter in 4e (actually I wanted to throughout 3e too, but always ended up playing other party roles), but I am not entirely sure if that is the best fit.  And when I say I want to play a "fighter", what I really mean is that I want to play a melee character that smacks or stabs people, so class is pretty open.  Ignoring stuff like really specific builds, does anyone have any suggestions?  My current thoughts are great weapon fighter, two weapon fighter, two weapon fighter|ranger, fighter|barbarian, or warden|barbarian.  I think the party needs another melee character, and probably would want that melee character to be a defender shading towards striker, or even an outright striker, but perhaps you can convince me otherwise -- or convince me to continue playing my wizard.</blockquote>

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