MichaelSomething
Legend
Of course the Warlord deserves a spot in 5E! If not in core, then in an expansion at least!
even if it didn't spring full-formed from the head of Gary Gygax.
It's good to not have healing associated only with one class.
Wormwood said:I'm on record saying that D&D shouldn't *need* a healing class. I love the Warlord more than any other class but I'd cheerfully give it up if it accompanied the cleric on the ash-pile of history.
The concept of a non-cleric healer (ahem...leader) was so appealing that the Warlord was my first class---and the only one I played until 30.
I'd hate to see it go---especially in some nod to tradition.
The 3rd Edition Marshal class is one of my favorite 3E creations. It blew my mind the first time I read it. Thus, when I learned that the 4E Warlord class was going to be based on it, I was thrilled. And, I did like the "concept" they came up with for the 4E class. I just wish I'd liked the entire game system. Alas, I did not.I, on the other hand, greatly enjoyed the Marshal in 3.5 and would like to see its successor in 5e.
There should be no reason that, if you care deeply about having a fighter/healing, you can't take a fighter, swap out defender mechanics for leader mechanics, and call it a day. There doesn't need to be 500 dedicated powers and an entire class based around the idea of "fighter, but with healing."