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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6729242" data-attributes="member: 22779">[MENTION=6801328]Elfcrusher[/MENTION] - on the idea of warlord mechanics telling you how your character feels, that's only really true of one kind of warlord.  In the 4e PHB, there are two different warlords - inspiring, which I assume that's the one you have an issue with, and tactical.  The tactical warlord is quite different though.  You don't do what he tells you to do because he is inspiring confidence in you, you do what he tells you to do because it's a good idea.  It's like a coach in American football.  Bill Belichick, the coach of the Patriots, has coached his team to 6 Superbowls, yet never played football at the professional level.  Heck, he was a lacrosse player in college.  One of the greatest coaches in professional football has never actually played at that level.  But, his players follow his ideas because they are really darn good ideas (usually <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).  That's what a tactical warlord is.  A character that studies strategy and tactics extensively and has the personality to allow him to notice strengths and weaknesses in others.  Tom Brady (the Patriots QB) is a fantastic QB.  You cannot take that away from him.  What Belichick does is make him a bit better by focusing on the tactical and strategic side of things.  To me, that's what a warlord is.  He's someone who makes the group better.</blockquote>

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