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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6735769" data-attributes="member: 20564">True, but orthogonal to the question.  Yes, similar core 20 level class do have a lot of overlap.  Many of the current core classes, if they weren't archetypal building blocks, could probably be covered in 5 levels of prestige class plus 15 levels in a generic building block class.  Some of them arguably should be.So, assuming that you have 15 levels worth of other classes already existing to fill in that overlap, why wouldn't warlord fit into an prestige class?  I'm not saying it couldn't make a good 20th level class, this isn't an either-or.What are the salient points of a warlord in 5e - I think having some sort of idea what we need to fit in would be needed.  Spell-less buffing, in-combat mitigation/healing, out-of-combat healing.  What else do we need mechanically to represent a workable warlord?</blockquote>