Excerpt: The Warlord
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Majoru Oakheart
Adventurer
Not especially. Armor is given to those who needs it most. In the following order:fuindordm said:
Defenders
Leaders
Strikers
Controllers
Majoru Oakheart
Adventurer
Cause he has scale instead.zephen18 said:
Green Knight
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When it comes to the one Controller issue, that particular peculiartity will only last for a year. Come the PHB 2, we'll probably have at least one more choice for a Controller, if not two or three. The Sorcerer (probably a Primal Controller), maybe the Psion (Psi Controller), and possibly that Divine Controller that's been mentioned a couple of times. So once the PHB 2 is out, we may have anywhere from 2-4 Controllers. Unfortunate that we're stuck for a while with just one Controller, but hey, it's only a year. And in the meantime we'll have three Defenders (counting the Swordmage which comes out two or three months after the PHB), two Leaders, and three Strikers to work with in addition to that one Controller.
And yeah, it does suck that we got no At-Will Powers out of this. I was getting pretty excited reading the article at the prospect of being able to write up a Warlord character. But nope, no such luck.
Ah well.
And yeah, it does suck that we got no At-Will Powers out of this. I was getting pretty excited reading the article at the prospect of being able to write up a Warlord character. But nope, no such luck.
Ah well.incantator
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The flip side to using Lead the Attack to defeat a solo monster is that if the "Big Encounter" that your party was saving their dailies for is not a solo encounter and doesn't have elite monsters either, you will probably end up being much less effective as the target you use it on will die quickly. Also, in combination with Warlord’s Favor, you are not getting the full bonus of both because they will likely not stack.Stalker0 said:
zephen18 said:
If it's anything like previous editions, a 1st level character starting out with plate mail is very rare due to the gp cost. It could be that after buying the wicked axe and shield, scale was the best she could afford.
Whereas the Halfling Paladin is only purchasing a short sword and small shield might be able to purchase small plate.
Assuming equipment's anything like previous editions, that is.
I like that Bastion of Defence power. You can pretty much guarantee that most warlords will have at least a 16 Charisma given so many of their powers are Charisma related.
So at 1st-level, Bastion of Defence gives 3W damage, +1 to all defences for the encounter and +8 temporary hit points to everyone.
Sweet.
All up, I must say, I was underwhelmed by the entire concept of the warlord until seeing this article. Seeing the abilities in print and actually imagining them being played out, I can now say that I'd welcome a warlord in any party I played in and might even consider playing one myself.
So at 1st-level, Bastion of Defence gives 3W damage, +1 to all defences for the encounter and +8 temporary hit points to everyone.
Sweet.
All up, I must say, I was underwhelmed by the entire concept of the warlord until seeing this article. Seeing the abilities in print and actually imagining them being played out, I can now say that I'd welcome a warlord in any party I played in and might even consider playing one myself.
