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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carnivorous_Bean" data-source="post: 4177195" data-attributes="member: 57974">Ugh .... words cannot describe how detestable the name "warlord" is for this class. Unfortunately, it tends to color my perceptions of what is otherwise a fairly decent class, from the looks of it.I wish that the WotC staff writers wouldn't parade their rather dubious grasp of the English language quite so publicly, either. They claim that renaming the 'marshal' as the 'warlord' broadens the meaning, when in fact, assuming that they're using the same English language as everyone else, it's evident that it's narrowing the meaning to the point of absurdity. Let's get some perspective here by using a dictionary (specifically, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published in 2006 by Houghton-Mifflin, and therefore presumably readily available to people who are getting paid to write):Warlord   n.   A military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it. Marshal isn't perfect either, but at least it's far closer to what they're saying this so-called "warlord" is (especially definition 4):Marshal n.   1.  a. A military officer of the highest rank in some countries.      b. A field marshal.      c. A U.S. federal officer of a judicial district who carries out court orders and discharges  duties similar to those of a sheriff.      d. A city law enforcement officer in the United States who carries out court orders. The head of a police or fire department in the United States. 2.  a. A U.S. federal officer of a judicial district who carries out court orders and discharges duties similar to those of a sheriff.      b. A city law enforcement officer in the United States who carries out court orders.      c. The head of a police or fire department in the United States. 3.   A person in charge of a parade or ceremony. 4.   A high official in a royal court, especially one aiding the sovereign in military affairs.I really, really do wish that they'd look in a dictionary before making statements and choosing names like this. Honestly, this is as ludicrous an error as the old Dragon magazine gaffe where one of their writers used "toothsome" to mean "having many teeth" -- "they were attacked by a pack of large, toothsome canines" .... well, it's a relief to hear that those dogs were tasty, anyway!</blockquote>

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