Hzurr
2009-01-28, 05:00 PM
So I finally got a chance to read the bard preview (Apparently, you don't need a DDI subscription to read the French version of the preview articles), and I really liked it, so it got me thinking about leaders a bit, and the differences between them. As far as I can tell, here's a quick rundown over the 3 different leader classes:
1) Cleric - Focuses on healing, better than anyone else. Aside from healing, does a lot on buffing fellow party members.
2) Warlord - Focuses on combat aid. Increases damage, increases party mobility, and makes the party more effective in combat
3) Bard - Focuses on protecting the party. Has a lot of ways to prevent enemies from attacking party members (through things like granting invisibility, sliding party members out of the way, or forcing marks). Tends to be a bit more reactive than the other two.
I'm not really sure where to classify the artificer (mainly because I haven't gotten to look at it in several months).
So...am I identifying their (sub)roles correctly? In play, I've seen how differently the warlord and the cleric are from one another, but I'm curious to see how different the bard or artificer play.
Also, what other type of leader sub-roles do you see coming out of 4E?
1) Cleric - Focuses on healing, better than anyone else. Aside from healing, does a lot on buffing fellow party members.
2) Warlord - Focuses on combat aid. Increases damage, increases party mobility, and makes the party more effective in combat
3) Bard - Focuses on protecting the party. Has a lot of ways to prevent enemies from attacking party members (through things like granting invisibility, sliding party members out of the way, or forcing marks). Tends to be a bit more reactive than the other two.
I'm not really sure where to classify the artificer (mainly because I haven't gotten to look at it in several months).
So...am I identifying their (sub)roles correctly? In play, I've seen how differently the warlord and the cleric are from one another, but I'm curious to see how different the bard or artificer play.
Also, what other type of leader sub-roles do you see coming out of 4E?