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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 4527297" data-attributes="member: 57373">Whether a warlord works well for your party does seem to come down to what kind of players you have.  Tactical well-coordinated group:Warlord:  Okay guys, we're going to focus on taking out that caster while the fighter keeps the big guy occupied.  Rogue, you get around back and sneak attack him while I hit him from the front.  Rogue:  I'm behind him, but I wait on my attack for the warlord to set him up.  Warlord:  I hit the guy, and give a bonus to the rogue.Rogue:  Stab, sneak attack.  Extra damage.  Win. That kind of situation is something you won't be able to set up every time, and does require cooperation from the party in movement and timing of their attacks.  (As an aside, are you allowed to move on your turn, and then delay your attack until someone else hits?)Martyr-Complex / Jewish Grandma Warlord no disrespect to Jewish grandmas, they are wonderful people and I love them!Warlord:  I don't need any glory for myself, I'm just here to help the rest of you.  You go ahead and hit him this time, and I'll give you a nice bonus to damage on top of that.  Someday the bards will write songs about this battle, and you'll all be the stars of the story.  No one will remember that I'm even here, but that's okay.  I don't mind not being in the spotlight as long as I can help my party.  (Addressing the sky):  So I tell him "The fight would go much better if you would get over there behind that half wall, and shoot from safety", but does he listen?  Of course not!  So now I'll have to help him put out that fire that's burning up his hair, which needs to be cut by the way, no one can see you under that mop, and get you back on your feet.  And after this battle you'd better eat something after you wash off all that blood.  You're too thin!  How  do you expect to find a nice girl when you go around looking like a rake.  I can count your ribs from over here!  Now get over there and finish this fight like a responsible ranger, not some lazy no-goodnik.  Cheerleader WarlordYou can do it!  You know how! Hit him a little harder now!Yaaaaaay Team!  On a more serious note, I don't think this class is a good choice for people unless they really are willing to tell people where to go and what to do, and have a good grasp of basic tactics (and a group willing to follow your lead).  That was definitely part of the problem my player was having - she just complained that the situation wasn't right without trying to tell the rest of us where we could move to fix it.  It didn't help that we were all new to the game and had some bad habits left over from 3.5.  "That's my monster, I'm fighting it now.  You go get your own!"</blockquote>

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