Mike Mearls comments on design

[ferratus]

We all know that Laurana "The Golden General" is the real Warlord of the Heroes of the Lance.

It really really fits.

Tanis main job he had in the Chronicles was to act angsty and assassinate Ariakas. Also, while Laurana retrieved a Dragon Orb, helped weld an alliance between what tattered remnants of the forces of good, and coordinated a successful defense of the last citadel of freedom... Tanis got his party buried under an inn, trapped in a magical nightmare, had sex with a Dragon Highlord, and ended up at the bottom of the ocean. I think he stays a ranger striker.

 

[PeterWeller]

Yes, it's a bad choice of class name for core D&D.

I was never saying it was a good name for the archetype, but Warlords (in 4E D&D terms) are a fairly common archetype.

Ferratus, that's a great point about Laurana. Her and Tanis were both pretty big suck asses in a fight compared to Caramon, Sturm, Riverwind, and even Gilthanas; their real strength lay in their charisma and leadership abilities. AD&D didn't have a class that covered that better than fighter, but 4E does. It's called Warlord, which isn't a very good name, but neither are any of the other names that have been bandied about for the class.

Umbran, I apologize, but if a poster bases the validity of their argument on their post count or reg date (which, after clarification, I realize that rounser wasn't doing), they should get ridiculed for it. Please don't take this as mod sass. I won't do it again.

 

[Umbran]

Umbran, I apologize, but if a poster bases the validity of their argument on their post count or reg date (which, after clarification, I realize that rounser wasn't doing), they should get ridiculed for it. Please don't take this as mod sass. I won't do it again.

Peter,

Next time, if you have commentary on moderation, please take it to e-mail. It kind of derails the discussion in here.

My last comment on the subject is - no. No user should ridicule another user on EN World. Respect and civility are in the Rules I referenced above, that you agreed to in signing on to post here. If you'd like to discuss that further, please e-mail a moderator - our e-mail addresses are in a post stickied at the top of the Meta forum.