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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 7682810" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Normally I would put this in one of the Warlord threads, but the only one on the main page (yeah, there's only one now guys!) is too context-specific for it, so it has to default to this thread instead. I did a quick skim of the previous 15 pages and didn't see anyone mention these points, so I'm *hoping* I'm not just rehashing something that's already been discussed. If so, I apologize--I know I hate having to answer the same questions over and over, even if every time they are asked in earnest. Anyway...I'm seriously surprised that this Mastermind archetype hasn't been met with the forum equivalent of armed resistance. It seems to violate a number of rhetorical points made against the creation of a Warlord, without having earned a single peep of anger or offense (from what I can tell). Specifically:1. "Master of Tactics"? Oh no, we're giving tactics stuff to classes that aren't the Fighter! The Fighter will be useless/meaningless/sidelined now! Except...nobody's saying that. People have noted how limited it is at 3rd level (only giving the Help action--though at no cost to the Rogue except her action), but I haven't seen a single person complain that this is stripping the Fighter of its martial significance. Why not? Isn't this exactly the same kind of thing, different merely in degree?2. Spooky action at a distance! How is this Help action suddenly extended to a 30' distance, when no other characters can do the same thing? The Mastermind can't use magic. How can it Help others attack an enemy at a distance when a Fighter or Barbarian--masters of physical combat--cannot do so? Yet I haven't seen even the vague rumblings that point 1 got--nobody seems to mind that a purely non-magical character can achieve a simple action which other characters cannot.3. Mundane abilities being more powerful than magic!! This is the one that really gets me. This Rogue, through explicitly no means other than skill and talent, is more powerful than a magic spell. Through 100% non-magical means, it becomes immune to a form of magic (compulsion to tell the truth, detection of truth/lies). Sure, it's a high-level ability, but doesn't this bother anybody?How did the Mastermind so...masterfully succeed at dodging ire?</blockquote>

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