The fighter-tank refuses to tank

> The fighter-tank refuses to tank
> The cleric charges per heal
> The barbarian refuses to rage
> The wizard refuses to cast spells
> The player refuses to read the rules

Why do these people even play?

I can understand the second one if you're playing a cleric of some (((greedy))) god. The rest make no sense.

Tank as a concept is very video gamey and was given birth mainly by MMOs. You shouldn't expect ttrpgs to function the same.

It really depends on what circumstances for the rest. A cleric of a god of commerce might do this, a wizard who needs to save the spells or a barbarian who wants to do a dex skill at the moment.

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This.

>harpies and shit show up
>go take care of them like a proper adventurer
>wizard decides not to help because doesn't want to go into the mud
>2 party members go down
>wizard finally joins the fight, casts 1 spell
>kill / scare off enemies. wizard bitches at me for attacking them and getting 2 of our party almost killed
why?

...No? Tank is a bit of MMO terminology, sure, but the actual concept of 'The beefy guy who takes hits to protect the rest' has been around for donkeys years, and is what inspired MMOs in the first place.

>> The player refuses to read the rules
This is an affliction across EVERY rpg. It's not elusive to D&D.

Similarly like how some user's don't read the entire OP.

>elusive
exclusive, goddammit.

>This is an affliction across EVERY rpg

Never had that problem in Warhammer fantasy or dark heresy. A thread died for OP's sins.