D&D 5E Best Name For A “Leader” Class?

[Fenris-77]

I still like Tactician. It's not sexy though. Going in a different direction Augur or some similarly prophetic name might avoid some of the connotations people are looking to avoid.

 

[generic]

I still like Tactician. It's not sexy though. Going in a different direction Augur or some similarly prophetic name might avoid some of the connotations people are looking to avoid.

I like Banneret and Herald, but that's just me.

Hmm... maybe "Warlord" would be a good name.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Fenris-77]

Coach.

Or the replacement, Woody.

So, as in I was going to die but I got some temporary hit points from a woody? Or My woody's reaction gave me advantage on my next grappling check? That sort of thing? I like it!

 

[Tony Vargas]

Instigator

Apropos of nothing, a while back I was toying with the idea of non-combat formal roles, Instigator was one of 'em, for the Social pillar.

 

[Undrave]

I like Banneret and Herald, but that's just me.

Hmm... maybe "Warlord" would be a good name.

'Warmaster' to show it's got a wider expertise range than the 'Battle'master?

Apropos of nothing, a while back I was toying with the idea of non-combat formal roles, Instigator was one of 'em, for the Social pillar.

"WHAT ARE YA LOOKIN' AT?!"

 

[Hurin70]

Well, a power that has a requirement like "the ally must be able to hear & understand you" might be literally a command, as a name like "Commander" might imply, or it might be a warning, pointing out an opportunity, offering advice, giving encouragement, or coordinating a pre-arranged or oft-used battle plan/trick/maneuver. Without such a restriction, a maneuver that granted an ally an attack or bonus might also/instead involve creating an opening by binding then enemy's weapon or shield and/or distracting it.

Yes, that's a better way of putting it than formal 'commands', as I did.

Powers like Wolf Pack Tactics enabled the Warlord's ally to take some free movement to get into better position. Is this a command? Not in the formal sense of an order that must be obeyed or the target will be disciplined. You could see it more as advice: the Warlord advising, 'Try to flank!' to his ally. And of course the crucial part is that the ally gets to choose whether to move or not. So it isn't really an order in a formal sense.

Many of the Warlord's powers are like this. Even taking the healing the Warlord gave out was largely optional: Inspiring Word just says the target 'can' spend a healing surge and get extra healing. He doesn't have to.

So yes: tactical advice; suggestions; enabling; pointing out openings in the enemy formation and weaknesses in the enemy defenses; offering words of encouragement. These are the sorts of things the Warlord excelled at, and there is no reason to see them strictly as commands.

 

[Tony Vargas]

This came up in another thread, and thought it'd be interesting, here. A Google Image search for the names leading this poll.

Marshal:

Warlord:

Commander:

Captain:

Captain America! cool, sometimes used as an example of a Warlord, so there you go.
But I love the Captain Obvious made the first page. I can picture him saying "If you want a good name for a Walord, how about Warlord." "Thank you, Captain Obvious."

 

[Hurin70]

Warlord wins for me again

 

[Lanefan]

Those Google images are hardly a fair comparison. Warlord has already (and relatively recently) been used as a D&D class name where none of the others have, 1e level titles notwithstanding, thus it's far more likely you're going to find fantasy-based images for Warlord than any of the rest.

Had the 4e class been called Marshal, say, or Captain, then it'd be that name that pulled the fantasy images while Warlord would pull images of various historical dictators and despots.

Try again.