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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yakuba" data-source="post: 6509753" data-attributes="member: 6698582"><p>Part of it that these Role definitions evolved with the edition itself. The Striker role is a good example. In PHB1 we get the (paraphrasing) 'lots of damage to single target' and 'sneaky, mobile,ways of getting out of trouble' definition. All of the PHBX Strikers do have lower survivability and defenses compared to Defenders. Most of them are also single target focused, excepting the Sorcerer. When Essentials came out we got the Slayer and Blackguard. These were strikers, but they have Defender level hit points and defenses and they lack mobility and sneakiness. Essentially, the designers grew more comfortable with a wider definition of the role. So the oft-quoted PHB1 definitions cannot really be considered definitive, although is still certainly indicative.</p></blockquote><p></p>