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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanzuo" data-source="post: 4872555" data-attributes="member: 66180">The best way I can answer your question is that this is not D&D4e.  The latest version of D&D is very "gameist" and puts a LOT of focus on the mechanical aspects of the game - which is fine!  Super tactical highly magical battles is a part of that system and I certainly have fun playing it.WFRP in its current state is not a "gameist" system in my opinion.  The focus is on the setting and the atmosphere.  The combat rules are very simple and fast - but you shouldn't be having frequent sessions that are nothing but combat, either!But if you're looking for distinct roles than you could say that WFRP has many more roles than D&D.  With so many careers you can end up with a lot of unique combinations!Much like D&D4e has four basic roles - Striker, Defender, Controller, Leader - You can think of WFRP as having roles as well, they're just not all centered around fighting: Face (Negotiator), Healer (Physician or Divine), Fighter (Person who fights), Sneak (Sneaky person), Spellcaster, Ect!If you made a party in WFRP full of nothing but people who fight then you're going to have a very boring game of nothing but battle after battle.  When it actually gets to the point that you need to talk to someone or you run into a superior force (because you've been fighting all the time, your enemies aren't going to "balance" your encounters for you) then you're going to be in trouble.</blockquote>

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