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Author: rodneyAnonymous

Jun 16th 2012 at 4:41:35 PM

We don't need this.

It would be making the trope definitions unnecessarily rigid, and implicitly changing the definition of FragileSpeedster and GlassCannon (by suggesting that a hard-hitting FS or a fast GC is something different than those tropes, [[TropesAreFlexible which is not true]]).

* StoneWall...  ^defense / [[subscript:v]]offense (defined by two attributes)
* GlassCannon...  ^offense / [[subscript:v]]defense (defined by two attributes)
* FragileSpeedster...  ^speed / [[subscript:v]]defense (defined by two attributes)

These are not balanced with (or analogous to):

* MightyGlacier... ^offense /  ^defense / [[subscript:v]]speed (defined by three attributes)
* LightningBruiser... ^offense /  ^defense /  ^speed (defined by three attributes)

The point of these divisions is not to have a separate trope for every possible combination of attributes. That is impossible, anyway, because you could always consider another attribute. (Range, say.) They are common archetypes. They are broad. [[TropesAreFlexible Variations can be elaborated on in an existing page.]] For instance, the above TitanQuest example ("PC tend toward this at high level : they are faster than most monster since the beginning, they have learned to make a lot of damage but they are often very vulnerable and die after a few hit") is either a GlassCannon that is fast, or a FragileSpeedster that hits hard. Or both. Combining two tropes does not make a third trope.