D&D 5E Warlord Name Poll
Sword of Spirit
Legend
The problem is that Warlord implies commanding a lot of troops. You don't have a squad (ie, adventuring party) with it's own warlord. A Warlord commands the whole army, or better yet, the whole dang nation. I think that might be an even bigger hang-up for me than the unsavory implications.
Celebrim
Legend
Every edition of D&D ever...
Designer #1: What sort of spells should we make for the wizards?
Designer #2: Well, I mean they are a wizard, they should have spells to do EVERYTHING, right?
Designer #1: Of course, silly me. And what about the fighter?
Designer #2: Well obviously, they are good at hitting things with big sticks. That's the only thing they do.
Designer #1: What about soldier stuff, like giving orders or thinking up battle plans.
Designer #2: Soldier? No, we'd need a whole new class for that. Better to just stick with hitting things with sticks. That will be balanced, right?
Designer #1: Oh of course. Hitting things with a stick is clearly as broad based of a power as having phenomenal cosmic power to literally force the universe to conform to your wishes. Because, I mean, you could just hit it with a stick.
The Human Target
Adventurer
Two problems with Witch.
1) When people hear Witch they think of an ugly monster woman, and as the majority of D&D players are men it's kind of a bad idea. I know a lot of the guys in my group would be iffy in playing a witch over a warlock. And come to think of it the "ugly" connotation is going to be a turn off for people too, even if its baseless in the actual game.
2) There are people in the world right now who consider themselves to be Witches as a member of a religion. So it's kind of a problematic word, especially when the crossover of Wicca folk to gamers is probably high.
El Mahdi
Muad'Dib of the Anauroch
I absolutely hated the name Warlord...until this. You've swayed me quite a bit in its favor. And you're right, strictly by definition, even feudal lords were Warlords. Central authority was a very tenuous and variable thing in feudal Europe.
Honestly, with Warlord actually a fairly modern word and the negative connotations a mostly modern aspect, maybe it's not as bad as I've previously judged it.
Though I still prefer Consul.
What I'll likely do is keep Warlord as the name of the dedicated class for the Warlording the Fighter thread (seems only fair, and the poll is leaning that way anyways and was mostly only for fun), obviously keep Battle Master and Valor Bard/College of Valor for the archetypes, but name the Prestige Class Consul (a member of the College of Consuls
).Then throw it all at the wall and see what sticks.
The Prestige Class won't be as martial focused as the dedicated class, and even less martial focused compared to the Battle Master. Since the Prestige Class is something meant for any class to be able to multi-class with, I think the concept of a "counsellor with tactical, strategic, and leadership training - and maybe the proxy/liaison of someone with authority - but doesn't have the personal implication of authority" works really well. It can fulfill the concept of Leader Rogues, Leader Rangers, Leader Barbarians, Leader Clerics and Paladins, even Leader Druids, etc...
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
My suggestion is two words from Spanish languange: Adalid and arraéz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalid
I imagine the warlord like a fighter with the poses and maneuvers of White Raven school from "Tome of Battle: book of nine swords". Why not a pack of subtitutive class features? You get the options you like, someones to be used with some modules like henchmen, skirmishes and mass battles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalid
I imagine the warlord like a fighter with the poses and maneuvers of White Raven school from "Tome of Battle: book of nine swords". Why not a pack of subtitutive class features? You get the options you like, someones to be used with some modules like henchmen, skirmishes and mass battles.
El Mahdi
Muad'Dib of the Anauroch
Adalid is cool. It basically means Captain, right? I do love the extra narrative content that the name brings with it. However, I see it more as a title than a class name. Honestly, for any Warlord character, I see people not actually calling them Warlord. It won't be "Hey, Warlord...", it will be "Hey, Captain..." or "Hey, Adalid...", etc.
I couldn't find a reference or translation for arraéz though, other than a surname; and I couldn't find a meaning for the surname either. I did find a possible Basque link, though. Is it originally a Basque word/name? I had a roommate when I was stationed in England that had a Basque surname: Urrutia.
Can you translate arraéz for us?
The Human Target
Adventurer
I think this thread has convinced me I like Warlord.
Jessica
First Post
I voted for Warlord(4e class name), Marshall(3.5 class name), Commander(13th Age class name), and I put one for other. I think Captain is a possibly good name because despite the military connotation(as an American non-naval military 0-3 rank and a naval 0-6 rank) it is also a police rank, a position on a football team, a leader of a group of mercenaries, and even a person in charge of waiters/waitresses.
While I like the sound of certain latin/spanish names for Warlord, I tend to prefer using an English-ish name for classes unless it's most iconic/defining example is from a non-English culture(e.g. Samurai). I'm not some speak-English-in-muh-country-or-giiiiiit-out type, but it feels weird sometimes when a class goes non-English despite being a concept that is perfectly common/doable in English(obviously this is the case for the English version of D&D and would not apply, for instance, to a Spanish translation of D&D). Also doesn't Caudillo generally refer to Franco?
While I like the sound of certain latin/spanish names for Warlord, I tend to prefer using an English-ish name for classes unless it's most iconic/defining example is from a non-English culture(e.g. Samurai). I'm not some speak-English-in-muh-country-or-giiiiiit-out type, but it feels weird sometimes when a class goes non-English despite being a concept that is perfectly common/doable in English(obviously this is the case for the English version of D&D and would not apply, for instance, to a Spanish translation of D&D). Also doesn't Caudillo generally refer to Franco?
Tony Vargas
Legend
For most classes, really.
This thread did start me thinking about names, and a few minutes with a Thesaurus, starting with "Ally" yielded:
Adjutant (on your list)
Cohort
Comrade
Confederate
Consort
Partisan
Patron
and...
Sidekick ;P
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