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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 6746532" data-attributes="member: 6803643"><p>Hey, it's Marandahir from the WotC forums if you recognise me. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I like what they've done thus far. Banneret isn't the best name, but it's suitable for a charismatic, inspiring and bravura Fighter. Meanwhile, the tactical, resourceful side of the Warlord seems well fit for the Battle Master archetype. And those who want less of a up-front tactical fighter can go with the more lazyLord-inspired Mastermind Rogue.</p><p></p><p>I did like that Martial Power 2 added two new types of Warlord – the Skirmishing and Insightful Warlords, both that supplemented their Strength with Wisdom instead of Charisma or Intelligence. Personally, I'd like to see something along those lines added as a third Warlordy-concept. </p><p></p><p>Finally, there's room for an accomplished Warlord or Battle Captain as a Prestige class. Barbarians can be Warlords. Bards and Fighters can easily be Warlords. Aragorn was a Ranger, but he was also clearly a Warlord (there's also reason to think he took at least a level in Paladin, since he had lay on hands). Paladins, for that matter, make good war leaders. And many of the caster classes can be inspiring or tactical war leaders, ruling from behind. </p><p></p><p>If Prestige Classes are indeed a thing we want eventually in 5th Edition (I'm convinced that something, whether PrC or PP or ED should be in there, and it should be more than just a feat or two looped together), I think there's definitely room for the actual name "Warlord" to be the Prestige Class for this concept. Meanwhile, one of the great things about 5e is that there is no one class that has dibs on a character concept. There are a lot of ways to hack at older concepts, and few direct one-to-one comparisons, and yet the tools are mostly there for most character concepts (and the ones that aren't, for the most part, are a new subclasses/archetypes, or a feat or two, combined with maybe a background, rather than really needing a full class). Psionics and Rangers seem to be the big question areas in 5e, but subclasses are really easy to homebrew, and 5e is a remarkably malleable edition. </p><p></p><p>All in all? I'm happy with my purchase of Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide last week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 6746532, member: 6803643"] Hey, it's Marandahir from the WotC forums if you recognise me. Personally, I like what they've done thus far. Banneret isn't the best name, but it's suitable for a charismatic, inspiring and bravura Fighter. Meanwhile, the tactical, resourceful side of the Warlord seems well fit for the Battle Master archetype. And those who want less of a up-front tactical fighter can go with the more lazyLord-inspired Mastermind Rogue. I did like that Martial Power 2 added two new types of Warlord – the Skirmishing and Insightful Warlords, both that supplemented their Strength with Wisdom instead of Charisma or Intelligence. Personally, I'd like to see something along those lines added as a third Warlordy-concept. Finally, there's room for an accomplished Warlord or Battle Captain as a Prestige class. Barbarians can be Warlords. Bards and Fighters can easily be Warlords. Aragorn was a Ranger, but he was also clearly a Warlord (there's also reason to think he took at least a level in Paladin, since he had lay on hands). Paladins, for that matter, make good war leaders. And many of the caster classes can be inspiring or tactical war leaders, ruling from behind. If Prestige Classes are indeed a thing we want eventually in 5th Edition (I'm convinced that something, whether PrC or PP or ED should be in there, and it should be more than just a feat or two looped together), I think there's definitely room for the actual name "Warlord" to be the Prestige Class for this concept. Meanwhile, one of the great things about 5e is that there is no one class that has dibs on a character concept. There are a lot of ways to hack at older concepts, and few direct one-to-one comparisons, and yet the tools are mostly there for most character concepts (and the ones that aren't, for the most part, are a new subclasses/archetypes, or a feat or two, combined with maybe a background, rather than really needing a full class). Psionics and Rangers seem to be the big question areas in 5e, but subclasses are really easy to homebrew, and 5e is a remarkably malleable edition. All in all? I'm happy with my purchase of Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide last week. [/QUOTE]
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