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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 4206916" data-attributes="member: 360">I think you're pretty much right, though the specific examples are a bit off. I mean, the Hexblade is an obvious Shadow Defender if there ever was one (though you might not see it for a while if the FR swordmage is a good enough catch-all warrior mage type), and the bard's already been cast as an Arcane Leader. It seems kind of odd that Arcane looks to be the first power source with all roles filled (with warlock/striker and wizard/controller in PH1, swordmage/defender in the FRCG, and bard/leader in PHB2); I'd've thought it would have been divine.I'd imagine that a lot of the arbitrary role-filling will come when a 3rd party introduces a new power source and decides they need to fill all four roles with it, or decides to 'fill in the grid' where it shouldn't be filled (martial controllers and psionic leaders come to mind, and despite my Hexblade note above, shadow defenders are borderline).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 4206916, member: 360"] I think you're pretty much right, though the specific examples are a bit off. I mean, the Hexblade is an obvious Shadow Defender if there ever was one (though you might not see it for a while if the FR swordmage is a good enough catch-all warrior mage type), and the bard's already been cast as an Arcane Leader. It seems kind of odd that Arcane looks to be the first power source with all roles filled (with warlock/striker and wizard/controller in PH1, swordmage/defender in the FRCG, and bard/leader in PHB2); I'd've thought it would have been divine. I'd imagine that a lot of the arbitrary role-filling will come when a 3rd party introduces a new power source and decides they need to fill all four roles with it, or decides to 'fill in the grid' where it shouldn't be filled (martial controllers and psionic leaders come to mind, and despite my Hexblade note above, shadow defenders are borderline). [/QUOTE]

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