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Are you all saying you don't want a Warlord ... forum?

Obviously, the Dungeon Master (from old D&D cartoon) should appear to warn the heroes what they are up against, and should smack those not paying attention with a sharp stick.

This discussion also opens up the possibility of other classes that are archetypes and found in literature throughout history; the shop keep, the inn keeper, the blacksmith, the wench, the village idiot (not to be confused with the jester), the old gaffer, and so on. They all deserve at least...

I'm kind of the opposite. If I don't get to save the world after all these months, what was the point?

Multiclassing?

A group of children, under compulsion from an evil artifact, kidnap the local ogre blacksmith and prepare to execute a dark ritual deep within a sinister cave.

Still, regardless of the actual discussion on this thread, it looks like the warlordians are slowly closing in on the lemon curries. Pretty soon now, it may be possible that warlords are proven to be more popular than lemon curry.

That could be true, that many original players were wargamers and were predisposed to think of the game tactically, as a team against the DM's monsters, and thus envisioned optimal tactics given the rules. I did not know any of these people. I was introduced to the game when basic D&D (one of...

I agree that 4e did not create the roles, just made them explicit in the design. But that does not mean the roles were always there in the past, even though some players found the designations useful when they played. I believe the formulation of healer, tank and DPS may have existed at some...

I played a *lot* of D&D in the 80's. Never heard any of these terms, and never had any role expectations, except that wizards usually hung out in the back. In fact, I often remember clerics being the heavily armored ones that stood in the front, and a lot of times fighters did use bows...

mellored, those are fine suggestions and make perfect sense. However, you need to work on your comedy. :p

Schroedinger's cat is UNDEAD!

He inspires them everyday to beg, roll-over and fetch.

That would be the spell casting sub class. The full on nature's ally sub class would be: Vegetarian.

I was thinking that the Rangerlord would also have a special favorite enemy ability: quantum ogres. Except its a PC ability, not a DM ability. DM: You are ambushed by a pair of abyssal death reapers. Rangerlord: You mean ogres don't you? (ticks off daily ability) DM: er, um, Yes, a pair of...

The rangerlord's pets could be humanoid hirelings instead of beasts, for that true warlordy flavor.

I makes sense, if even just to reduce thread count. If you think about it, the beast master ranger's entire shtick is commanding pets around the battle field. And then you have the warlord who really just wants to command other troops around the battle field. Except other PC's don't like being...

Yes, that probably makes the team overall better at combat. Still, it is a kind of awkward ability, since it requires the player to give up his action. I can't image most players thinking that was a fun way to play, even if it means the team wins more often. On the flip side, can you imagine...

I would play a warlord if it had enough cow bell.

I always find myself saying Dritz for some reason. Can't stop it!