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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Twig" data-source="post: 6833751" data-attributes="member: 31754">None of these are new arguments. Anyone can say the exact same words, but only if the Warlord says them will you be healed. How does that make sense?Well, if you accept the Sage Advice background magic in D&D worlds then it makes sense. Anyone can say the words, but the Warlord taps into the underlying nature of the world and actually changes something in the target character that causes him to be able to shrug off an injury.Why is the Warlord inspiring? For the same reason the Bard is. His words carry power that is not overtly magical, but has influence in the world the same way a dragon's wings can hold the dragon aloft despite being physically impossible.And as you said, the inspiration can take any form. Actual inspiration, respect, affection, hatred, whatever.Edit: So why did I say that the Warlord required admiration? Because without the background magic it does.But I guess they don't use that exact word. So fine. The Warlord doesn't require you to admire him. He only requires that you find his presence comforting and inspiring. See? No admiration at all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>