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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7380360" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Eh. I can live with that. Do we know whether Mearls' HFH class design demonstration is actually likely to become an official product?Until it does, the existence of that highly unofficial warlord does not invalidate your homebrew class being called the Warlord any more than the existence of my homebrew Warlord invalidates your homebrew Warlord.If you want a tactical/inspiring leader-type concept, you could take a leaf from earlier editions and call it a Marshal, or a White Raven, or just go with names like Leader, Officer, Commander, Director, Conductor, Maestro, Helm.In the same way that Barbarians don't have to be outlanders from uncivilised lands or have beards, a Commander class is not required to actually be in a position of authority or to be able to command their companions to obey them.If you're going for a direct conversion of the 4e Warlord only however, just stick with Warlord as a class name. If the intent is to evoke that specific example, the name will be important to do so.</blockquote>