Warlord (Dungeons & Dragons)

Infobox D&D character class
name=Warlord
editions=4th
role=Leader
power=Martial
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In the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, warlord is one of the base character classes. They are leaders and commanders, inspiring figures, and master tacticians.

Warlords are Martial Leaders. Other martial oriented character classes include the fighter, ranger, and rogue. Other leaders include the cleric.

4th Edition

Warlords were introduced with the 4th edition D&D rules filling a leader role in the new role categories. They were designed to be physically tough, able to stand alongside the defender classes, fighter and paladin, but their powers are based on directing actions, providing bonuses to attack and defense, and healing their allies. There are two suggested builds for the warlord class: the Inspiring Warlord, focused on Charisma and the Tactical Warlord, focused on Intelligence. [Heinsoo, 144] Warlord attack exploits are generally strength-based and use melee weapons.

Warlords have three class features. Combat Leader improves the initiative of allies within range. Commanding Presence allows warlords to choose either Inspiring Presence or Tactical Presence. Inspiring Presence allows allies to regain a number of hit points based on the Warlord's level and Charisma when they spend action points for extra actions, and provides Charisma-based bonuses to many Warlord exploits. Tactical Presence causes allies to gain a bonus to attack rolls based on the warlord's intelligence whenever whenever they use an action point to make an extra attack, and provides Intelligence-based bonuses to many Warlord exploits. Inspiring Word allows the warlord or an ally to spend a healing surge and increases the healing provided by doing so, and can be used several times per encounter.

Paragon paths for warlords are Combat Veteran (Player's Handbook), Battle Captain (Player's Handbook), Knight Commander (Player's Handbook), Sword Marshall (Player's Handbook), and the Pack Master (Dragon #364).

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References

cite book
last = Heinsoo
first = Rob
coauthors = Andy Collins, James Wyatt
title = Player's Handbook
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
date = 2008
month = June
isbn = 978-0-7869-4867-3

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