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I'm Not Sure We Need a Warlord - Please put down that rotten egg.
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<blockquote data-quote="ZzarkLinux" data-source="post: 6805669" data-attributes="member: 77932"><p>You are worried about 3.5 Bard syndrome? I actually played a 3.5 bard, like, 10 years ago back in college. I had fun with it.</p><p></p><p>As much as [MENTION=6801216]ChrisCarlson's[/MENTION] smoking dog avatar still haunts me, he is right that the class can't do everything by default. It needs to be more limited than in 4e so he can fit the 5e class model:</p><p>- It's easier to buff classes than to nerf them</p><p>- It's easier to increase an ability's numbers than to nerf them</p><p>- People will play Warlords based on name and artwork alone (like me with the bard)</p><p>Yes, it's not a caster. But healing / ShortRest buffs "feels" strong.</p><p>So I'm okay with nerfing the 4e Warlord to fit it into 5th.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was thinking more like Magic the Gathering, but if Monopoly makes more money then whatever works <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> Literally all MtG does is release the same mechanics with different artwork every few months.</p><p></p><p>But they really need to release a Ranger and a Warlord with every campaign. The two classes are just big fluff-ball rehashes of other core classes anyway. Where is the "Elemental Ranger"? Where is the "Warlord on the Road"? Where is the "Underdark Ranger"? So much fluff is missing from those books, that could have been done in class format. Maybe DMsGuild will fox this gap.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yea, I keep playing Eminem's "Sing for the Moment" in my head:</p><p><em>Entertainment is changing, intertwine it with gangstas.</em></p><p><em>In the land of the warlords, the fanboy's mind is a sanctum.</em></p><p><em>Magic or mundane, only one side to stay.</em></p><p><em>Only this one post, lonely, cause I don't got time to play.</em></p><p><em>Yet everybody just feels like they can relate.</em></p><p><em>I guess all my words are loaded, they can be great.</em></p><p><em>Or they can degrade, or even worse they incite hate.</em></p><p><em>It's like this Warlord hangs on every statement I make.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZzarkLinux, post: 6805669, member: 77932"] You are worried about 3.5 Bard syndrome? I actually played a 3.5 bard, like, 10 years ago back in college. I had fun with it. As much as [MENTION=6801216]ChrisCarlson's[/MENTION] smoking dog avatar still haunts me, he is right that the class can't do everything by default. It needs to be more limited than in 4e so he can fit the 5e class model: - It's easier to buff classes than to nerf them - It's easier to increase an ability's numbers than to nerf them - People will play Warlords based on name and artwork alone (like me with the bard) Yes, it's not a caster. But healing / ShortRest buffs "feels" strong. So I'm okay with nerfing the 4e Warlord to fit it into 5th. I was thinking more like Magic the Gathering, but if Monopoly makes more money then whatever works :-) Literally all MtG does is release the same mechanics with different artwork every few months. But they really need to release a Ranger and a Warlord with every campaign. The two classes are just big fluff-ball rehashes of other core classes anyway. Where is the "Elemental Ranger"? Where is the "Warlord on the Road"? Where is the "Underdark Ranger"? So much fluff is missing from those books, that could have been done in class format. Maybe DMsGuild will fox this gap. Yea, I keep playing Eminem's "Sing for the Moment" in my head: [i]Entertainment is changing, intertwine it with gangstas. In the land of the warlords, the fanboy's mind is a sanctum. Magic or mundane, only one side to stay. Only this one post, lonely, cause I don't got time to play. Yet everybody just feels like they can relate. I guess all my words are loaded, they can be great. Or they can degrade, or even worse they incite hate. It's like this Warlord hangs on every statement I make.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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