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<blockquote data-quote="Hurin70" data-source="post: 7895488" data-attributes="member: 6875491">Warlord is fine with me. As other posters have noted, Thief, Rogue, Sorcerer and Warlock (I would probably add Barbarian too!) also have negative connotations, but for some reason those names don't get criticized as much.Marshal is alright, but has feudal connotations (it arose as one of the household officers of a king), which don't work for every setting.Captain is pretty good too, but as others have noted, it can be confused with naval captains, and seems to imply rank rather than role. Note though that captain in the medieval sense of the term did not imply a low-level officer; it implied a general. This is the sense for example in which Tolkien used it: Glorfindel is one of King Turgon's 'captains', meaning one of his generals.I never liked the term 'Leader' as applied to the 4e role, because 'Healer' seemed to fit better -- all the 'Leaders' had healing as a defining feature. Healing was the one integral feature of the role, even if the Warlord also did other things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hurin70, post: 7895488, member: 6875491"] Warlord is fine with me. As other posters have noted, Thief, Rogue, Sorcerer and Warlock (I would probably add Barbarian too!) also have negative connotations, but for some reason those names don't get criticized as much. Marshal is alright, but has feudal connotations (it arose as one of the household officers of a king), which don't work for every setting. Captain is pretty good too, but as others have noted, it can be confused with naval captains, and seems to imply rank rather than role. Note though that captain in the medieval sense of the term did not imply a [I]low[/I]-level officer; it implied a general. This is the sense for example in which Tolkien used it: Glorfindel is one of King Turgon's 'captains', meaning one of his generals. I never liked the term 'Leader' as applied to the 4e role, because 'Healer' seemed to fit better -- all the 'Leaders' had healing as a defining feature. Healing was the one integral feature of the role, even if the Warlord also did other things. [/QUOTE]

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