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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulthwithian" data-source="post: 4177356" data-attributes="member: 60612">I'm pretty sure that CarnivorousBean is speaking of the term 'warlord' from a historical perspective.  In my studies of Chinese history, the early 1900s are generally referred to as the 'Age of Warlords' or 'Warlordism'.  There is a definite connotation to the word when used in historical or political circles that gives it a very unsavory edge.  'Warlords', in that context, are the military equivalent of late 1800s American 'capitalists' (i.e., robber barons, by and large).However.The term Warlord is an easy word to break down.  It is someone who is either 1) A Lord of War, or 2) A Lord by War.  4E Warlords are pretty clearly the first example, while CarnivorousBean is using the second example; i.e., a tyrant, in the purest sense of the term.The alternative was 'Marshal'.  That is, 'One who Marshals (an army)'.  WotC apparently did not take this since there is a clearly defined if rather unused Military Rank, the Field Marshal, that might imply more than WotC cared to imply with the term.Neither are perfect (personally, I would have preferred something akin to Warmaster).  Both imply a scale beyond that normally encountered in an RPG, for example.  However, both directly convey the important aspect of the class.I wouldn't have minded if the class was called the Marshal, but I feel Warlord is more evocative.  Unfortunately, exactly what that word evokes for some people may not be to their taste.</blockquote>

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