Warlord archetype in CHAINMAIL

[Fifth Element]

Yes. Didn't intend to be confusing -- I was addressing howandwhy99's comment about Fighting Men starting the game as Hero+1; I assumed he was talking about OD&D, so my answer referenced OD&D, too.

Ah yes, fair enough.

 

[Gentlegamer]

No, the material I cite makes no reference to levels at all. Chainmail does not consider levels. Heroes and Superheroes are listed separately among the types of fantasy characters.

Hero = Fighting-man, level 4
Superhero = Fighting-man, level 8

The original core concept of D&D was starting a character at "low level" and advancing to levels described in Chainmail, such as Hero or Superhero. This is reflected in the original combat listings (Man, Man+1, etc.), for example.

The point is, Hero and Superhero never indicated a "starting character" in D&D, or a separate character class.