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<blockquote data-quote="Ian Demagi" data-source="post: 3436805" data-attributes="member: 43754">what I'D like to see&quot;And thank god for that. When the revolution comes, this view of the &quot;party&quot; as a monolithic, mechanical construct with characters as cogs, instead of a group of diverse individuals who share a common interest, will be first against the wall.&quot; Revolution or not, a D &amp; D party is based on team work, and PC's do not operate in a vacuum.I agree with the cogs comment. For example,Why does the cleric always have to heal first, fight second? In 3.5 Clerics certainly acquired some ability to kick some serious fanny with the juggernaut combo (Divine Favor, Divine Power, &amp; Righteous Might). I saw at a con one time a Fighter get taken to half hit points right after a cleric just finnished whipping himself into a glowing engine of destruction. The fighter was all about &quot;heal me&quot;, the guy playing the cleric (of a dwarven war god) said &quot;fight now, heal the survivors later-you want healing right now, chug a potion.&quot;Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian Demagi, post: 3436805, member: 43754"] [b]what I'D like to see[/b] "And thank god for that. When the revolution comes, this view of the "party" as a monolithic, mechanical construct with characters as cogs, instead of a group of diverse individuals who share a common interest, will be first against the wall." Revolution or not, a D & D party is based on team work, and PC's do not operate in a vacuum. I agree with the cogs comment. For example,Why does the cleric always have to heal first, fight second? In 3.5 Clerics certainly acquired some ability to kick some serious fanny with the juggernaut combo (Divine Favor, Divine Power, & Righteous Might). I saw at a con one time a Fighter get taken to half hit points right after a cleric just finnished whipping himself into a glowing engine of destruction. The fighter was all about "heal me", the guy playing the cleric (of a dwarven war god) said "fight now, heal the survivors later-you want healing right now, chug a potion." Ian [/QUOTE]

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