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There IS a "Warlord equivalent" in 5E, though. It's an NPC (monster) in Volo's Guide to Monsters, pg. 220, then later reprinted in Monsters of the Multiverse, pg. 257. I won't copy the stats here because it's not SRD, but in a nutshell, the 5E Warlord is a CR12 Legendary monster with the following features:
It would seem that Wizards of the Coast already has an idea of what they want the Warlord to look like. And I worry that if they were to give us a "playable Warlord equivalent," in the spirit of this thread, it would look very similar to what they've already printed for us, twice: a Battle Master that also gets the Survivor ability.
EDIT: or they'd take an even easier route, and just make the Survivor feature into a Battle Master "maneuver" and wash their hands of it altogether.
- Proficient with Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution save throws
- Proficient with Athletics, Intimidation, Perception, and Persuasion
- Proficient with Heavy Armor and Shields
- Proficient with Martial weapons
- Multiattack (two weapon attacks, possibly more as a Legendary action)
- Indomitable 3/day (Fighter class feature)
- Survivor (Champion class feature)
- Command Ally (one ally within 30' can use its reaction to make a weapon attack at advantage). Basically the Battle Master's "Commander's Strike" ability, reworked so that it doesn't use Superiority Dice (monsters don't get 'Superiority Dice'.)
- Frighten Foe (one creature within 30' must make a Wisdom save or be frightened until the end of the Warlord's turn). Basically the Battle Master's "Menacing Attack" ability, also reworked to not use Superiority Dice.
It would seem that Wizards of the Coast already has an idea of what they want the Warlord to look like. And I worry that if they were to give us a "playable Warlord equivalent," in the spirit of this thread, it would look very similar to what they've already printed for us, twice: a Battle Master that also gets the Survivor ability.
EDIT: or they'd take an even easier route, and just make the Survivor feature into a Battle Master "maneuver" and wash their hands of it altogether.
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