You need strength to hit and most of the powers work better when they hit. I designed a gnome warlord and went with 18, 10, 10, 15, 8, 15. (SCoDIWCh). Then the DM ruled no races from the MM, so I made it a halfling, 18, 10, 12, 13, 8, 15 and took Lost in the Crowd. This is a warlord who's...