D&D 5E Why Not? A Variant Captain Fighter

[Garthanos]

we Have a good buff for second wind, what about other features? Indomitable is kinda weak, and could stand to be boosted. Maybe an enhancement that gives allies a saving throw bonus whenever you use it?

Or temp hit points or make it a generalized option ie you get a Presence flavored bonus

 

[Garthanos]

Inspiring Words: On your turn, you can use a bonus action and expend one superiority die to inspire one of your companion to re-join the fray. When you do so, choose a friendly creature who can hear you. That creature re-gains hit points equal to the superiority die roll + your Charisma modifier and can spend an available HD to recover additional hps. The same ally cannot benefit from inspiring words again until they have completed a rest.

The spending HD when someone gains hit points from any source (temp or otherwise is a system wide potential adjustment)

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Manuever: Sweeping Attack. Requires a two handed or versatile melee weapon? Attack all enemies within 5ft of you. Deal superiority die plus strength or Dex mod to each?

Enhancement: Once per long rest, you can spend 1 Hit Die as an action to regain all your spent Superiority Dice.

Also, I have always thought the BM-lite feat should give another die.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Scanning for Openings: When you make an attack action you may forgo one attack from it to enable your next actual attack to use a maneuver as though you spent a superiority die.

Boom

Sounds a bit like the 13TWs Commander's option - can't recall the name - taking a beat to assess the battle.

 

[Garthanos]

Sounds a bit like the 13TWs Commander's option - can't recall the name - taking a beat to assess the battle.

The idea has several inspirations including some things I was working on for 4e allowing more encounter and dailies to be used if you spent the action economy to ummm "reveal" them. The Commander you mention is in the mix though note how this is maneuver type independent enhancement of the Battlemaster but also there is a share of 5e elements that also inspire it. Definitely not an out of the blue idea.

The battlemaster needs those multi affecting maneuvers

Charge! and Retreat! or actually Regroup!

 

[Garthanos]

The spending HD when someone gains hit points from any source (temp or otherwise is a system wide potential adjustment)

Arguably if you fewer more dangerous battles spending of a reasonable number of HD mid fight is really just maintaining the degree of "swing" compared to those following 6 to 8 a day paradigm. It isn't making anything easier.

 

[Garthanos]

One thing of Note many of the baseline changes I have been proposing enhance the Fighter itself or the Battlemaster and are not specific to a Captain of some sort. In other words to use the fighter as a basis for Warlord of some measure first improve the Fighter

 

[TwoSix]

Out of curiosity, is this intended to be balance-neutral to the current fighter? I wasn't sure where the space was to put features in if you weren't leveraging subclass.

 

[Garthanos]

Out of curiosity, is this intended to be balance-neutral to the current fighter? I wasn't sure where the space was to put features in if you weren't leveraging subclass.

I have not gone totally balance neutral I think the core fighter can have some better attribute versatility and that will allow it to be a foundation of a Warlord. Battle Ready is arguably an upgrade for a subset of fighters (Non-Dex Based). Note adding new Fighting Styles is of the same ilk but not so much as it's a selected choice with opportunity cost.

My scan for openings I suppose could be moved into a separate subclass but I think allowing the Battlemaster to have more frequent tactical choice is valuable for the Battlemaster not just a different similar sub class captain.

I suspect another subclass might end up Battlemaster II or the standard Battlemaster options could be made more versatile or they could be options selected if you choose one set of options ie making more of the Battlemaster features function like the Battlemaster maneuvers or fighting styles they have some style shifts some even dramatic on the resultants characters approach to battle.

 

[Garthanos]

There are also Feats in which we can put completely not balance neutral benefits. Perhaps my read / scan for openings is too good just to give the battlemaster (shrug).
Just like the thematic Inspiring Leadership and anyone can have your stuff and you may also get it early Martial Adept. Except I think this relationship with leadership dice and extra attacks is very specialist.