Jester David
Hero
I've often heard the warlord described as the leader, the person leading from the frontlines and inspiring their allies.
Which is a lovely description for what they do, not what they are. Things you "do" have been explicitly and deliberately pulled aside by the designers for specialities, so in that respect leading is better as a speciality. You can really imagine the party leader, the tactical genius, being a fighter or cleric or even a ranger. William Wallace might be a barbarian with the leader speciality while Aaragorn might be a ranger with the same. A "leader" or "tactician" isn't necessarily the basis of a class but the basis of a character.
What else is a warlord? Well, the grant actions, aid allies, and manipulate the battlefield.
But those are individual powers. Spells. You wouldn't describe a wizard as "the guy who casts lightning bolt" as that applies equally to the sorcerer and a cleric of say Thor.
Exclusive spells aren't a particularly good way of distinguishing a class. And it just leads to bloat and needless overlap in powers.
Aside from what they do and spells, what is a warlord?
They use heavy armour and melee weapons. Wee. They might have fewer hitpoints than a fighter and possibly more skills.
I picture them a little like samurai with a flag or standard on their back. Most art tends to represent them via gestures. Warlords point. That's the most archetypal look to the warlord: the warlord point.
What defines the warlord outside of combat? What is their role in the world? Not just at 10th level but at 1st through 20th. If Bilbo rushing out of BagEnd is a level 1 rogue, what's a level 1 warlord?
What does a warlord look like? How is it different than a fighter? Looking at existing specialities in the game, what does a defender warlord look like? O a reaper warlord? Or a skulker?
Which is a lovely description for what they do, not what they are. Things you "do" have been explicitly and deliberately pulled aside by the designers for specialities, so in that respect leading is better as a speciality. You can really imagine the party leader, the tactical genius, being a fighter or cleric or even a ranger. William Wallace might be a barbarian with the leader speciality while Aaragorn might be a ranger with the same. A "leader" or "tactician" isn't necessarily the basis of a class but the basis of a character.
What else is a warlord? Well, the grant actions, aid allies, and manipulate the battlefield.
But those are individual powers. Spells. You wouldn't describe a wizard as "the guy who casts lightning bolt" as that applies equally to the sorcerer and a cleric of say Thor.
Exclusive spells aren't a particularly good way of distinguishing a class. And it just leads to bloat and needless overlap in powers.
Aside from what they do and spells, what is a warlord?
They use heavy armour and melee weapons. Wee. They might have fewer hitpoints than a fighter and possibly more skills.
I picture them a little like samurai with a flag or standard on their back. Most art tends to represent them via gestures. Warlords point. That's the most archetypal look to the warlord: the warlord point.
What defines the warlord outside of combat? What is their role in the world? Not just at 10th level but at 1st through 20th. If Bilbo rushing out of BagEnd is a level 1 rogue, what's a level 1 warlord?
What does a warlord look like? How is it different than a fighter? Looking at existing specialities in the game, what does a defender warlord look like? O a reaper warlord? Or a skulker?
