(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
This complaining about "roles" seems silly to me.
My last 2e campaign had no cleric, just a paladin. It was not fun. We had 2 hit points of healing a day, and the DM gave out healing potions like water. Roles existed since the time fighting men and magic-users strode down hallways.
This doesn't mean you can't have fun without clerics or what have you, but that's not really edition dependent. (While 4e codified the rules, it also made it possible to play without healers at all, far more easily than previous editions.)
My last 2e campaign had no cleric, just a paladin. It was not fun. We had 2 hit points of healing a day, and the DM gave out healing potions like water. Roles existed since the time fighting men and magic-users strode down hallways.
This doesn't mean you can't have fun without clerics or what have you, but that's not really edition dependent. (While 4e codified the rules, it also made it possible to play without healers at all, far more easily than previous editions.)