Warlove? Warhate?

[Warbringer]

I would have thought that one whose craft is war should naturally be a warcrafter

 

[Simm]

I would have thought that one whose craft is war should naturally be a warcrafter

Now imagine if there were a whole world of them.

 

[The Little Raven]

Like it or not, first-level swordsmen in cheap armor will be introducing themselves as "warlords" and getting laughed out of every tavern in Waterdeep.

If you're ridiculous enough to refer the meta-game constructs (aka classes) in-character, then you deserve to be laughed out of every tavern in every city in the world... and possibly even the game table. That's as silly as responding to an in-character question about your experience by saying "Oh, I've got 100,000 experience points."

I suppose you could change the name to Marshal or Knight or something, and then make your players put a quarter in a jar everytime they say "warlord" at your table.

So, a 1st-level character claiming to be a warlord is silly, but claiming to be a marshal or a knight is not?

 

[hong]

Like it or not, first-level swordsmen in cheap armor will be introducing themselves as "warlords" and getting laughed out of every tavern in Waterdeep.

Why?

 

[HeinorNY]

I suppose you could change the name to Marshal or Knight or something, and then make your players put a quarter in a jar everytime they say "warlord" at your table. Might help pay for the beverages, anyway.

Then the first-level swordsmen in cheap armor will be introducing themselves as "Marshals" and getting laughed out of every tavern in Waterdeep, and probably also getting arrested for false identity, forging a military rank and for the attempt of obstruction of the law.

 

[CleverNickName]

If you're ridiculous enough to refer the meta-game constructs (aka classes) in-character, then you deserve to be laughed out of every tavern in every city in the world... and possibly even the game table. That's as silly as responding to an in-character question about your experience by saying "Oh, I've got 100,000 experience points."

You are right, of course. My suggestion for DMs to rename the class and put a "swear jar" on the table, and my prediction of characters getting laughed at in bars, were meant to be funny. I'm sorry if they came across as inflamatory.

So, a 1st-level character claiming to be a warlord is silly, but claiming to be a marshal or a knight is not?

I'm not saying that it would be devoid of silliness, no. But it does seem less silly, if only to me.

Anyway. I'm sorry I keep harping on the name that WotC gave the class; I should have just let the subject drop. Whatever they decided to call it, the warlord is a mechanically interesting class, and the general reaction to it here is quite positive.