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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1761007" data-attributes="member: 3146">History is replete with examples of successful generals who led from the front (David, Saul, Abner, Patton, Alexander, Richard the Lionhearted) and those who led from the rear (Julius Ceasar, U.S. Grant, etc). Both models should also be valid in the game.I would probably assign a general either Fighter/Aristocrat (4 levels of aristocrat add a lot of social capability to any fighter), Marshall, Aristocrat, Bard (probably only ranks in perform oratory), or Patrician (a class from Paradigm Concepts Players' Guide To Arcanis that's been growing on me recently) depending upon his style of leadership.All successful generals would have a fair int and charisma and a good wisdom but would not necessarily be skilled warriors in their own right. Most would be good judges of character (sense motive) and able to inspire or bully their troops as the situation called for it (Diplomacy and intimidate). They might or might not have bluff and would probably have a few ranks in knowledge skills like geography and nobility and royalty but wouldn't necessarily be experts. They don't need to be experts in all those fields. They just need to know when to listen to the experts (and when to ignore them).</blockquote>