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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SirAntoine" data-source="post: 6510565" data-attributes="member: 6731904">The Hulk is as close to a berserking barbarian as you can get.  At least he is when I have seen him.  He isn't going to the front line to be a defender, but to attack.  He has no fear, and he can endure hits but he'd go even if he couldn't.  He just wants to smash, or throw the enemies out the window or across the room.The other characters might benefit from this as a distraction, but to say the Hulk's role is defender is to suggest that is what he is trying to do.  And mechanically speaking, 4e gave the fighter new abilities which enabled him to lock down enemies and "control the melee".Generally speaking in D&D, I think it's fairer to say the fighter is "the fighter".  He goes to the front line "to fight", without delay, and he is capable of so doing without "buffs" even though he often may want them first.  The fighter who uses a bow is no less a fighter, he just doesn't have to move as close to the monsters, and the party can't use him to block corridors in the same way.Anyone can block the corridor if they're given enough support.  You can put the thief in that role, for example, and keep healing him or protecting him with spells like stoneskin.  The fighter could hold the corridor for longer withous support, but how he is made use of should not define his role.  And the wizard can create walls to block it.  The fighter remains the fighter for being able to engage in combat so well, and for his contribution and the bravery required, he often deserves to be called the leader.  By comparison, everyone else is in a support role, including the wizard even though his spell diversity lets him do anything.  The fighter is the guy who goes out there and takes the biggest risks, and the rest of the party is expected to support him if he is being attacked by a lot of enemies.  The party is in it together.  No one character has the role of defending the rest of the group so they can do their thing.My two cents.</blockquote>

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