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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 6733986" data-attributes="member: 5142">I was mostly being tongue-in-cheek there. No, but the background does not preclude a high rank either. Furthermore, 'sergeant' is not a high rank in the slightest. The idea that you have "zero experience" is not true in the narrative sense, only in gamist terms of XP. Plus, you may not have "zero experience," but your starting point may be little experience in that role. Like a barbarian with the guide merchant or sage background, I suppose. It's no secret that some backgrounds work better than others for certain classes. I don't see a problem with a warlord who takes to banditry following a failed business venture as a guild merchant. The outlander background says that you may be a "marauder," which is precisely what an outlander warlord could be. The hermit could be a combat veteran in exile. But even if we ignore the 'oddballs,' are there other backgrounds besides the Soldier that do work? I would say so: acolyte, criminal, folk hero, noble, sage, sailor, urchin. Then perhaps the warlord should be given that benefit or at least an opportunity to gain that sort of traction. @El_Mahdi To be honest, your entire point of argument eludes me as well. The more I look back at your replies to what I have said in this thread, the more unsure I am of what you are actually responding to or arguing for. It seems incredibly muddled and disconnected for a wall-of-text. I would suggest that you go back to whichever of my posts triggered you, and probably read a few posts before that still for context, and read from there again. Apprentice adventurers not necessarily apprentices without life experiences. I would say that it honestly depends on how that character acquired that military position. Were they the only officer left on the field resulting in some sort of super promotion? Did they steal the insignia and accouterments of a general (perhaps an incompetent one) to lead the battle effectively in their stead? Or maybe they did so to gain the benefits of an officer by their captors and enemy combatants? Or maybe this military position was merely paid for by commission? Or maybe they were a court official appointed by the king to this position for whatever reason? Whatever the case may be, this 1st level warlord character found that they had a knack for tactical insight, something that they begin to hone following the start of their adventures. Only if you let it be.</blockquote>

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