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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malhost Zormaeril" data-source="post: 3832470" data-attributes="member: 49669">Actually, the Latin word imperator means leader, commander; it was later used of the Roman emperors.  In fact, it derives straight from imperium, an order or command or the right to issue one -- authority.  By metonimy, it came to mean the whole Roman political unit.Right, because obviously Druids and Bards are very Middle Ages.Ok, I'll get to the point:  People dislike particular names for being too specific, or outside of a trope or whatever else they may argue, but let's be honest:  D&D invents its own tropes.  There's no reason to have Ancient Celtic classes mixed into Western Medieval lore, except for the fact that Gary liked Celts and, apparently, didn't like Romans.  I think that whatever previous conceptions people bring to the table when they start D&D are going to be paved over by the great steamroller that is the game itself; not wanting to be picking on Druids, but when you think of Druids in a D&D context, which comes first to mind:  polymorphing into a bear or a golden sickle?When the time comes, we'll get used to refer to Warlords as Warlords and some beautiful day, we are going to read on the news about feuding warlords somewhere in Africa and immediately think of them using the Shout of Courage ability or whatever at one another, before thinking of them as ruthless men commanding armed militias...</blockquote>