Quote Originally Posted by Alacran View Post
What is the Tank if not those things?
Well, the tank is the shield of the party. His role is to protect it.

Protecting something with something else only makes sense if the thing you protect that something with is intrinsically less valuable than the thing you are trying to protect with it. Protecting your life with a shield works well because the shield is disposable but your life is not. Protecting your party with a tank thus, uh... I'll leave the rest to you.