D&D 4E Warlord Flavor (One favorite of mine)

Garthanos said:

I am working on the controller build Warlord and thinkiing about the text for it .

Hector Warlord

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Tony Vargas said:

In memoriam wrecan

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Tony Vargas said:

In memoriam wrecan

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Hector Warlords
To an extent it may be true of many warlords but it is doubly so for the Hector Warlord the enemy is their pawn.

The Legendary Hector was very much considered a noble soul who got along well with allies and often enemies as well, this build is offered in memoriam for Wrecan (Mark Monack), a voice of sanity and a noble man from the WOTC forums during the short 4e era of D&D, it was from his notes it was named.

The Hector build Warlord passes up on some of the lime-light and regular inspiring of allies in favor of battlefield control, which goes even beyond that of the Tactical Lord.

Like all warlords you engage in the inspiration of and manipulation of people, but in your case you specialize in the affects you and your allies can have on the enemy. Essentially your craft is a form of focused and well coordinated acts of bluffing and intimidation. It is almost like you cheat at the chess game by moving around your adversaries pieces when they aren't looking. While some of your abilities are just as dependent on allies as other warlords many of them can be employed to make your enemies confidence or caution into tools for your benefit rather than their own and this is your focus.

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Garthanos said:

The Hector build Warlord passes up on some of the limelight of regular inspiring of allies in favor of battlefield control, which goes even beyond that of the Tactical Lord. They gain the Gifted Manipulator feature in place of Inspiring Word.

Gifted manipulator grants extra move distance (not as much as the Mage Enchanter) and extra damage when you induce an enemy to harm their ally. (Friendly fire style attacks) - these are not massively on the Warlord list but new ones are in the works.

But some powers like the following seem very very Hectorish and so I am wondering if I over did the benefit or if its too complicated to use... beware I can do that too @Tony Vargas.


Usually the enemy aids you involuntarily but sometimes being ultimately convincing works even better

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AbdulAlhazred said:

Interesting, though a very difficult power to gauge. Worthless in some situations, and rather scary in others.

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