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A little tricky, while wielding a greataxe, but doable, if you have a foe within throwing distance.

I've come to find I really don't enjoy fighters with a lot of finite resources.

"I'm an unstoppable rage monster, waiting to be uncorked! ... But is now the right time? What do you think, guys?"

One of the things that doesn't get enough consideration is that movement, alone, will not keep rage going. So if you don't have an enemy in reach, you need to find a source of damage. If nothing readily presents itself, you can punch yourself, costing your action.

I guess that depends if you classify having to injure yourself as a problem.

That's because people usually don't point out when they becoming ineligible to continue raging. I'm not making things more complicated than they are, I'm stating them exactly as complicated as they are. A frenzy still has to follow all the rules of rage. But now, not only do you have to remember...

Whereas I use "story games" that involve narrating action, but you don't necessarily have a character. Eg. Once Upon a Time.

Various. Solo RPGs. Diary games. Premise games. Adventure games. Just "indie games" in general. Most of them aren't strongly generic enough to have a category, but "journaling games" are a thing.

I think role-playing game, as a term of art, has a specific meaning. It means one or more players take on a role, and they can attempt to do anything that is an intelligible choice in the game. Donkey Kong, for instance, is not an RPG, because even though you play Mario, you can't decide to do...

No, that's actually just a basic rule of barbarian rage. The fact that you've forgotten it says all I really need to say about barbarians and rules complexity.

As long as they make an attack or take damage every round. And if they fail to do so, they gain exhaustion, a heavy penalty. Complex. If you use hold person, you can conceivably stop AND exhaust them. Tactical. Are they using finesse-able weapons? Rules knowledge. There is a lot more baked into...

I've seen enough enough Elmore art to know that wasn't a woman, because I've seen how he paints women. As a kid, I was quite sure it was a man. However, looking back at it, and setting aside my familiarity with Elmore, there actually isn't a lot to indicate one way or another. To me, the fact...

Spells in 5e are generally not complex. OTOH, a Mad Berserker Barbarian using frenzy is quite the beast, mechanically speaking.

I think it's a big problem when people are complaining about the balance of martials versus casters, and arguing the Champion Fighter and Battlemaster fighter are somehow underpowered. I don't think it's possible to satisfy someone whose ideal Warlord is going to match a Cleric having their best...

They replaced the whole bardic music system from 3e with a handful of class features in 5e. Why would the warlord get more than that? Fundamentally, 5e always aims for a simplified action economy. All that White Raven Tactics stuff is just very un-5e-like.

I can see what you're saying, other than the fact, they do scale. From d8 to d10 to d12. And you get more of them. And wizards don't get a free 1st level spell slot any time they don't have one. Or the fact that fighters are not actually dependent on their maneuvers to keep doing what they do...

So... a fighter.

I don't care about the "lazylord." It's not something I'm interested in seeing in the game. I'm saying for a vanilla warlord, what would they have that is not already represented by a Battlemaster Fighter with Inspiring Leader and team-friendly maneuvers?

You can already play a Battle Master Fighter with the Inspiring Leader feat. What's left? Honestly, I find the idea of a character whose main focus is to grant other people free movement and attacks pretty tedious. The whole concept is somewhat antithetical to the 5e core design, which is...

Planning a heist is a meeting, and meetings are generally boring. Insofar as the plan makes sense, it's realistic, and insofar as it's realistic, real-life heist planning takes extensive casing, is really boring, and often hinges on waiting for a lucky opportunity.