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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6308541" data-attributes="member: 82106">Eh, I don't think I agree with you M. O. The 4 roles aren't about hit points at all. They are about tactics in general. ALL tactics are about control of a situation. Violence is the imposition of the will of one group upon another by force. It generally presumes that the opposition has its own plan to do the same (maybe just defensively by thwarting your plan, but nonetheless). So all tactics serves the ultimate goal of controlling the enemy. Controllers do this in the most direct way possible, they force the enemy to do or not do specific things. Leaders do this by bolstering their allies and degrading their enemies. Defenders do this using a specific type of countrol (close in melee level mobility control coupled with some sort of punishment mechanism and usually high defenses/hit points). Strikers of course simply deprive the enemy of hit points directly, though they might have a variety of specific characteristics (range, area, melee, etc). Now, I don't think that you are wrong about the 'three things to do with hit points', this is true, and 4e generally emphasizes hit points as the core mechanic to measure the defeat of enemies by. Its far from being the be-all and end-all of tactics though. Controllers ESPECIALLY deal with the enemies means of fighting very directly. IMHO the 4e controller is the most defined and most central role (though you really MUST have some striking capability to actually win most 'knock down drag out' type fights that tend to predominate in your run-of-the-mill adventures).</blockquote>

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