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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4032030" data-attributes="member: 710">The game will work without covering all the roles, but not as easy as with covering them all. That's inevitable, and it's something is true for all combat-related interaction in all RPGs. Roles are an emergent element of any game. Imagine a modern game with fantasy elements. If no one is playing a character that can heal the others, the group will suffer. If there are 3 Striker equivalent (let's say a Sniper, and an acrobatic guy that wields two pistols, and a spellcaster-type that can only cast ranged, single target spells, because these happen to be the most effective or interesting spells for him). Who's ensuring that enemies don't get to the Sniper or the Spellcaster? If some kind of enemy can get them in melee, they're toast. Even if not, whose protecting them from the enemy snipers?You always need a way to cover these roles. In some games, you might be able to cover two roles with one character (and that might be true even for 4E, since only the core abilities of a class focus on the role, and you can go beyond them. But you will never fail at being competent in your designated role), but the role is always there.</blockquote>