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Originally Posted by chronoplasm

I've made a lot of attempts in the past to create my own Martial Controller class... but to no avail.
I just can't find enough design space to build on.

I've seen a lot of people struggle with designing a martial controller. I think two factors have been working against such attempts:
(1) The role (controller) was decided before the concept. That kind of thinking artificially restricts design space, IMO.
(2) Folks have been setting higher standards for power design than WotC itself. For example, the cleric's wound & heal powers -- most attempts at creating a martial controller seem to go through rigorous self & peer criticism, and such powers are given the axe right away.

Here's an idea thoughl... What if the martial controller class was not a complete class in itself, but something that you could only multiclass into like with Spellscarred?

"Super Soldier" is just terrible. What's the concept you have and maybe we can help with a different name?

Swarmlike is way over-powered, but I see you're thinking of an aura like effect which dissuades enemies and mops up mooks, right? That's very controller-y.