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Please don't ignore the thread entirely. Everybody's comments are helpful, and I'd very much like your opinion/feedback on the designs I'm working on, when I finally get them to a form worthy of posting. While his comment was inappropriate, he's stated numerous times that he's not a designer...

While will to live is distinctly listed as a part of Hit Points according to 5E's definition, it's only a part. Redefining Hit Points, or specifically 0 Hit Points, as strictly the point when an individual gives up fighting (loses their will to live), is doing exactly that which Kamikaze and...

While true, should has never been good enough for me. I think shooting for a design that has as many coherent interpretations as possible, for as many different types of D&D fans as possible, is one that has the highest chance of success. It may be more difficult, but I think it's worth the...

Command Aura/Relentless Rage/Relentless Endurance - Frankly, IMO, these simply don't accomplish what a Warlord does - whether compared with the previous edition, narratively, or real-life. Just look at how inconsistent these are with the Terminator example. Not too mention that for something...

First, a Warlord doesn't heal anybody; the Warlord's words initiate a response where someone essentially heals them self - allows their body to regain homeostasis. The Warlord is just the initiator and catalyst, not the one doing the healing. Please read this...

True. Good Point. You're probably right. I don't play adventurer's league, and I'm not interested in it (it's never been my thing - same with RPGA); so an official Warlord isn't a big deal for me. I'd be happy with a UA treatment, but for those who do play AL and are fans of the Warlord...

I do not have disdain for temporary hit points - whether apparent or otherwise. And my compromise wasn't Temporary Hit Points, it was, for lack of a better term, Volatile Hit Points - Hit Points that may or may not be permanent, based on a dice roll. You really need to stop making...

For the most part, I believe you and I are on the same side of this debate, but I disagree with the perception you express here. I've touched on this before, but I think it keeps getting lost in the mix. I agree completely that "healing is about recovery", but I disagree that Warlords don't...

Wow! Okay... Not saying that I agree with Kamikaze - I don't - but if one is going to attempt to highlight somebody else's faulty logic, it's probably best to not utilize logical fallacies while doing so. Specifically: I must assume you either did not study in college, or else forgot. -...

As a matter of flavor, I think Apothecary would be a better name. IMO, Pharmacist sounds too modern for the genre.

Good point about Expertise. Then yes, stack with applicable skills/proficiencies they may already have - when the DM agrees there is synergy with Leadership (though guidance can be supplied in the feature description or in a sidebar). Then also, I'm thinking they can either do the same for...

Very true. Overlap. Not stack or replace. Very Nice. I like this, but I don't want to go the route of adding extra bonuses if one already has them. 5E is definitely designed to avoid stacking. Most definitely.

IMO, Command is just a part of Leadership. And Leadership would use Charisma or Wisdom. IRL, Leadership is most supported by emotional intelligence/social intelligence and empathy (interpersonal and intrapersonal). In other words, depending on the situation: strength of personality...

Humor, however, always has a place in friendly, respectful discussion. That was pretty good.:lol:

Pejorative is most certainly not open minded. Pejorative is disparaging and marginalizing...dis-respectful and rude. Rhetorically, it's an attempt to further one's argument by attacking the credibility of a premise (ethos), rather than addressing the logic of a premise (logos). It has no...

A Warlord is first and foremost, a Leader. A Leader does not need to be an expert in the skills of their people, they just need to be expert in reading and motivating people. On a battlefield/in combat, "yelling" most certainly has its place. Though even there it's not always the right tool...

You're missing the relevant portion. Yes, it's magic. Yes, it magically cures wounds. It also narratively limits itself to only curing wounds - not mental durability, will to live, and luck - yet it cures all hit points indiscriminately, in contravention of its own narrative. I'm being told...

I haven't said that either. I'm not going to answer a loaded question, or be locked in to a level of healing before I actually get to that part of designing the class. I'll just leave it at: I don't advocate for full healing, especially as some of that hit point loss is actual physical wounds...

What about Cure Wounds. By its title it narratively designates Wounds - Physical Durability/Injury - yet indiscriminately heals all hit points. Now one can make the argument, as I believe you've intimated at also, that physical healing will have an impact on mental states. And I agree with...

The incorrect portion here is all of those things at once. The RAW simply says a combination. To be accurate, it supports both "all at once" and "individual occurrences of these things taken as a whole." You can personally interpret it any way you want in your games, but your interpretation...