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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7292437" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer." And, from the last page of Bk 5 ch VIII:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">[M]en came and prayed that he would heal their kinsmen or the friends whose lives were in peril through hurt or wound, or who lay under the Black Shadow. And Aragorn arose and went out, and he sent for the sons of Elrond, and together they laboured far into the night. And word went through the City: "The Kng is come again indeed."</p><p></p><p>Aragorn and the sons of Elrond aren't more skilled as physicians than the keepers of the Houses of Healing. And the people think that the king has come aren't recalling a folktale that the king would be a great surgeon. The saint king, who heals with a touch, is is a fairly well-known motif.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how much 4e play experience you have, but I'm going with "little to none". A warlord doesn't "micromanage" allies. S/he provides various inspirational bonuses, which are typically expressed by way of adjustments to the action economy (comparable to a 5e fighter's Action Surge, but not self only), by way of bonuses to various rolls, or by way of healing and some condition removal.</p><p></p><p>From Bk 2 ch V:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">With a bound the Balrog leaped full upon the bridge. Its whip whirled and hissed.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"He cannot stand alone!" cried Aragorn suddenly and ran back along the bridge. "<em>Elendil!</em>" he shouted. "I am with you, Gandalf!"</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"Gondor!" cried Boromir and leaped after him. . . .</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The Company stood rooted with horrer staring into the pit. Even as Aragorn and Boromir cam flying back, the rest of the bridge cracked and fell. With a cry Aragorn roused them.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"Come! I will lead you now!" he called. . . . They stumbled wildly up the great stairs beyond the door.</p><p></p><p>If you want moments like that to occur in a 4e D&D game, in which one character - through valiant leadership - rouses other PCs to action, or lifts fear or daze effects, a warlord is a good vehicle for it.</p><p></p><p>In traditional D&D play none of these affect PCs, for a start, and so don't do a particularly good job of modelling Aragorn's inspiring leadership.</p><p></p><p>If you want to play a 4e PC who, in the play of that game, emerges as an inspiring leader in the mould of Aragorn, having a high CHA won't do it. A STR paladin (particularly at Heroic tier), or a warlord, or some sort of combination of the two, will. (A CHA paladin is too overtly supernatural to be a good model for Aragorn, even at Heroic tier.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7292437, member: 42582"] "The hands of the king are the hands of a healer." And, from the last page of Bk 5 ch VIII: [indent][M]en came and prayed that he would heal their kinsmen or the friends whose lives were in peril through hurt or wound, or who lay under the Black Shadow. And Aragorn arose and went out, and he sent for the sons of Elrond, and together they laboured far into the night. And word went through the City: "The Kng is come again indeed."[/indent] Aragorn and the sons of Elrond aren't more skilled as physicians than the keepers of the Houses of Healing. And the people think that the king has come aren't recalling a folktale that the king would be a great surgeon. The saint king, who heals with a touch, is is a fairly well-known motif. I don't know how much 4e play experience you have, but I'm going with "little to none". A warlord doesn't "micromanage" allies. S/he provides various inspirational bonuses, which are typically expressed by way of adjustments to the action economy (comparable to a 5e fighter's Action Surge, but not self only), by way of bonuses to various rolls, or by way of healing and some condition removal. From Bk 2 ch V: [indent]With a bound the Balrog leaped full upon the bridge. Its whip whirled and hissed. "He cannot stand alone!" cried Aragorn suddenly and ran back along the bridge. "[I]Elendil![/i]" he shouted. "I am with you, Gandalf!" "Gondor!" cried Boromir and leaped after him. . . . The Company stood rooted with horrer staring into the pit. Even as Aragorn and Boromir cam flying back, the rest of the bridge cracked and fell. With a cry Aragorn roused them. "Come! I will lead you now!" he called. . . . They stumbled wildly up the great stairs beyond the door.[/indent] If you want moments like that to occur in a 4e D&D game, in which one character - through valiant leadership - rouses other PCs to action, or lifts fear or daze effects, a warlord is a good vehicle for it. In traditional D&D play none of these affect PCs, for a start, and so don't do a particularly good job of modelling Aragorn's inspiring leadership. If you want to play a 4e PC who, in the play of that game, emerges as an inspiring leader in the mould of Aragorn, having a high CHA won't do it. A STR paladin (particularly at Heroic tier), or a warlord, or some sort of combination of the two, will. (A CHA paladin is too overtly supernatural to be a good model for Aragorn, even at Heroic tier.) [/QUOTE]
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