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You define "Rogue" as "someone who commits crimes and steals from everyone including their own? Weird. That's not what the dictionaries tell me, nor my personal colloquial experience.

Interesting perspective. The 4E powers system allowed the Warlord to carve a niche because EVERYTHING was a niche. The Powers were essentially their own class subsytems. That isn't the case anymore in 5E. There is a lot of overlap and universal subsystems, like spells are back to being less...

??? Have you thought that thought through? Do you really believe that is the definition, whether literally or even colloquially? If so... do you think the military commanders of any respectable force, would enjoy being called a "Warlord" because it just means they have expert-level experience...

The Class name was Warlord. It is not possible to get away from the connotations of that word. It means what it means.

One of the things I didn't like about the narrative aspect of the Warlord/Commander class was the inherent idea that your class made you the Leader of the team and you shouted at them, bossing them around. I saw lots of people role-playing drill sergeants. Subservient soldiers may take orders...

A Ranger Lord. Sounds like an advanced Ranger, leader of men, old-D&D style.

My first 4E character was a Warlord and I enjoyed it for the mechanics. But the problem, narratively, was that the "combat squad commander" concept, and all the abilities that come with it, were now limited to a specific class (that also had a very unpopular name, and some narratives where...

Drumming up controversy is absolutely a motivator to get views and generate ad revenue. They are literally responsible for whatever it is they say to get more attention and clicks.

Saying a person can carry 200 throwing axes at 1 pound each, without being encumbered, is also weird. I don't know any system that handles encumbrance perfectly, respecting both volume and weight, while keeping it simple. I'll just go with what they print (hoping they tidy it up a bit) because...

There it is. Just insult people. What is this "gimme what I want sooner than you can deliver it, or I'll drag you and call you incompetent" subculture? That tells a lot more about the person than the company. You're better than that. Maybe it's working as intended? Maybe the book planning and...

I don't even know what the purpose of that retort is, or what it is supposed to mean. D&D is literally make-believe improv storytelling with rules and math rocks. It's not just that. But I'm not wrong. I wasn't trying to write a giant paragraph to explain the depths of what role-playing games...

But D&D isn't a competitive game. It is a collaborative storytelling game and not every player even needs to buy things. I am having the hardest time with this fear of Pay to Win in D&D. Everything is optional. Even the revised Core books. People only ever have to buy what they want. MTG decks...

Such a system need every combat option (not just 'action' type, but something at the level of weapon speed and casting time) to be reviewed and assigned a "point-value." Who decides what weapons, spells, maneuvers, actions, and bonus actions cast what points, and how some things are faster than...

Steak fries/jojo-sized. They are big ol' ancient gold dragons.

My home campaign is a new world created for mortals by Gods, many of which who were once adventurers themselves. Mortal souls can be enriched with power and accomplishment, and earn greater rewards in the afterlife, and the new world itself is a crucible for people to seek their passions and...

If the PCs get a PC-controllable multi-versal time-travelling device, where they can choose which variant universe/timeline they can explore, whenever they want ("let's choose to go back in time before Strahd was a Darklord!"), I'll eat a bag of licorice. shudder Published adventures have...

I'm not assuming that PCs have control over being able to choose what multi-versal timelines they can visit. They don't have a TARDIS they control. They can only go where the opportunities lie, which are set up by the story/DM.

Different designers of different eras believe different things. We're talking 50 years of different designers altering things to their preferences.

You mean a divine demigod of strength?

Of course they need to be able to do some of the same things. If for no other reason than that is the history of D&D spellcasting and psionics. Spellcasting classes have a lot of overlap in that they have many of the same spells on their spell lists. The reason is that the D&D game has specific...