Level Up (A5E) Want a warlord tomorrow?

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Jan 21, 2021

• #1

Vote now or forever hold your warlord.

(for certain values of tomorrow up to and including the whole weekend)

 

Last edited: Jan 21, 2021

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Horwath

Legend

• Jan 21, 2021

• #2

Morrus said:

(for certain values of tomorrow up to and including the whole weekend)

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Starfox

Hero

• Jan 21, 2021

• #3

A well done warlord is an asset to the game. Perhaps under another name tough.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Jan 21, 2021

• #4

Sneak preview.

 

Faolyn

(she/her)

• Jan 21, 2021

• #5

There was a post elsewhere on these forums from Jonathan Tweet, IIRC, where he talked about other classes and he mentioned the Marshal (for 13th Age?), which sounded a lot like the Warlord. So I've come to the conclusion that my primary dislike for the warlord class is the name. "Warlord" sounds very one-note, even more so than Fighter--and worse, it sounds like some dictator who took control by force. But I liked the name Marshal, which suggests rallying the troops for a common cause.

So anyway. I've been grumpy about the Warlord before, but since my primary objection is just the name, I'm more than willing to give it a look. I would prefer if the playtest document also came with at least concepts for archetypes--I don't expect that they're all written up in full at the moment--so I have a better idea of this class's versitality.

 

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Larrin

Entropic Good

• Jan 21, 2021

• #6

The objection to the name is pretty reasonable: I don't think I've ever heard of a modern warlord spoken of in positive terms, and the modern definition seems to imply this is a bit inherent: warlord is a military leader who exerts civil control over a region, which is not really in-line with modern ideals. And "Lord" is a big title for a level one character, have we considered "Warlad"?

I'm actually fine with it being called a warlord, but I can't fault anyone who says "nah". Still, I wouldn't say "nah" at it being called a Marshall instead.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Jan 21, 2021

• #7

Faolyn said:

--I don't expect that they're all written up in full at the moment--

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Rune

Once A Fool

• Jan 21, 2021

• #8

Faolyn said:

There was a post elsewhere on these forums from Jonathan Tweet, IIRC, where he talked about other classes and he mentioned the Marshal (for 13th Age?), which sounded a lot like the Warlord. So I've come to the conclusion that my primary dislike for the warlord class is the name. "Warlord" sounds very one-note, even more so than Fighter--and worse, it sounds like some dictator who took control by force. But I liked the name Marshal, which suggests rallying the troops for a common cause.

So anyway. I've been grumpy about the Warlord before, but since my primary objection is just the name, I'm more than willing to give it a look. I would prefer if the playtest document also came with at least concepts for archetypes--I don't expect that they're all written up in full at the moment--so I have a better idea of this class's versitality.

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The Marshal was from 3.5 Miniatures Handbook (if memory serves). Might be something like it in 13th Age, too, though. Never checked it out.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Jan 21, 2021

• #9

There are four people who don't want the warlord tomorrow. I need to work out how to give it to everybody except them!

 

Horwath

Legend

• Jan 21, 2021

• #10

Morrus said:

There are four people who don't want the warlord tomorrow. I need to work out how to give it to everybody except them!

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