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<blockquote data-quote="cmbarona" data-source="post: 6011874" data-attributes="member: 71281">I don't know if this helps, but here's something I wrote in a WotC thread:There are certainly different leadership components and styles, and I&nbsp; think there can be mechanics built into the Warlord to reflect this.&nbsp; The big three I'm thinking of are Strategy, Tactics, and Morale.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Strategy is what happens before a battle. This involves planning,&nbsp; practice, and coordination. This would key off of Intelligence, and&nbsp; would both reward and encourage setting up the right situation (flanking&nbsp; bonuses, bonuses for herding the enemy together, positive feedback for&nbsp; focus-firing on one enemy, etc.). Strategy is proactive.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tactics is what happens during a battle. This involves quick&nbsp; planning, getting back on your feet, and taking advantage of an&nbsp; opportunity as it presents itself. This would key off of Wisdom, and&nbsp; would probably reward the extremes of combat. Is your side flanking?&nbsp; Great, here's a way to press the advantage. Is your side flanked? Don't&nbsp; worry, here's a way to get out of that. This could also make great use&nbsp; of Reactions, since Tactics is, well, reactive.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Morale is what happens throughout. This involves bringing a highly&nbsp; motivated team to the battlefield, and making sure they stay motivated&nbsp; throughout the battle. It doesn't focus on specific actions on the part&nbsp; of the team, rather Morale makes sure the team stays in tip-top shape so&nbsp; that players can be the best at what they do. This would key off of&nbsp; Charisma, and would focus on healing/buffing. Hopefully the dev team&nbsp; will think of more positive status effects; the Morale-based Warlord&nbsp; would hand these out like candy. Perhaps they start combat with a&nbsp; rallying cry as soon as they take a turn as a free action, giving the&nbsp; whole team a starting pool of temporary hit points. They continue to&nbsp; hand them out during the battle. Morale is both proactive and reactive.</li>
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[QUOTE="cmbarona, post: 6011874, member: 71281"] I don't know if this helps, but here's something I wrote in a WotC thread: There are certainly different leadership components and styles, and I think there can be mechanics built into the Warlord to reflect this. The big three I'm thinking of are Strategy, Tactics, and Morale. [LIST=1] [*]Strategy is what happens before a battle. This involves planning, practice, and coordination. This would key off of Intelligence, and would both reward and encourage setting up the right situation (flanking bonuses, bonuses for herding the enemy together, positive feedback for focus-firing on one enemy, etc.). Strategy is proactive. [*]Tactics is what happens during a battle. This involves quick planning, getting back on your feet, and taking advantage of an opportunity as it presents itself. This would key off of Wisdom, and would probably reward the extremes of combat. Is your side flanking? Great, here's a way to press the advantage. Is your side flanked? Don't worry, here's a way to get out of that. This could also make great use of Reactions, since Tactics is, well, reactive. [*]Morale is what happens throughout. This involves bringing a highly motivated team to the battlefield, and making sure they stay motivated throughout the battle. It doesn't focus on specific actions on the part of the team, rather Morale makes sure the team stays in tip-top shape so that players can be the best at what they do. This would key off of Charisma, and would focus on healing/buffing. Hopefully the dev team will think of more positive status effects; the Morale-based Warlord would hand these out like candy. Perhaps they start combat with a rallying cry as soon as they take a turn as a free action, giving the whole team a starting pool of temporary hit points. They continue to hand them out during the battle. Morale is both proactive and reactive. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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