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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bawylie" data-source="post: 6731820" data-attributes="member: 6776133">The "essentials" (this is all IMO) are broad category stuff. The discard-able stuff is discrete implementations. For me, W must have as essentials:A) Some way to handle incoming damage. B) Some way to improve teammates' performance. C) Some way to grant/gift/transfer actions. This is why Mearls et al have responded (when asked where's the warlord) "Have you tried BM Fighter or Valor Bard?" I have tried both. But they both have A B & C as add-ons to being a fighter or bard. A proper W has A B & C as its core function. They belong in a prominent spot like multi-attacks for fighter and songs/spells for bard - not as tacked-on things. Now what can I live without? Lots of stuff. In fact, I'm not super-picky about how we do A B & C. If non-magical Inspiring HP recovery is a problem, I'm happy to jettison it for something else. Like field-medic care using healing kit. (Maybe a fast-hands type of deal when doing the healing kit action that restores HP). If there's a problem RP-wise with some kind of perceived team hierarchy, I'm down with changing the flavor text so we don't have that issue. I don't want to impose a team heirarchy or play W bc I want to be in charge. I want to do B & C. It doesn't have to be "commands and orders" though.</blockquote>