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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4571999" data-attributes="member: 710">Think about it - the only class with the ability to detect trapts mechanically was the Rogue. No matter whether you interpreted as this as him being the only one to find a trap or the Rogue getting an extra "free" chance to automatically detect a trap (without trying to solve this problem "in character" by prodding an area with 10 ft poles and what-you-have), this was a very vital feature, and made him a vital part of any dungeon exploration team.The Cleric or Priest is the only one that can heal others! How is this not important for teamwork? You want a Cleric with you to heal up you and your friends!I found it also interesting when someone quoted a part of one of the DMGs or so from Gygyx on "role-playing XP". I am not convinced that everyone would be on the same page with the definition of role-playing here, but it seemed to boil down to this: The Clerics role is to heal others. If he doesn't do this, he is role-playing badly and should get an XP penalty. Similar, a Fighter that is played cowardly and not holding his own in battle to protect his comrades is played poorly and needs an XP reduction!I am not really saying that Gygax has the ultimate wisdom on what a good RPG is or that we should trust everything he says, but I think this definitely points out that this kind of teamplay and role characterization for characters was part of how he envisioned D&D to be played. Saying that it never was about teamplay seems to be close to saying that D&D never assumed you would roll a d20 to resolve certain actions. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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