Warlord

You adopt a particular style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take the same Fighting Style option more than once, even if you get to choose again.

Your innate understanding of the flow of battle allows you to say just the right thing at just the right time. As a bonus action you can speak an inciting word to another friendly creature within 60 feet who can hear you. That ally gains temporary hit points equal to half your warlord level (minimum 1) for 1 minute.

Beginning at 2nd level, you can deliver orders to your allies in the heat of battle to give them the edge over their enemies.

Unless otherwise stated, a creature must be within 60 feet and be able to hear you to benefit from your orders.

Once you have given orders the number of times shown for your warlord level in the Orders column of the Warlord table, you must finish a short or long rest before you can give orders again.

Some of your orders require a creature to make a saving throw to resist the order's effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

You can give the following orders when you gain this feature:

At 3rd level, you choose the archetype that defines your style of command. Choose the Commander, the Conqueror or the Skirmisher, detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you additional features at 6th, 7th, 10th, 15th and 18th levels.

When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

At 6th level, you gain proficiency with all gaming sets. For each minute you spend playing a game with another creature you can learn certain information about its capabilities compared to your own. The DM tells you if the creature is your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to one of the following characteristics of your choice:

After 5 minutes of play you can make an opposed check of the DM's choice against the creature to learn the exact value of one of the characteristics listed.

At 6th level, you gain a feature granted by your Command Archetype.

At 7th level, you gain a feature granted by your Command Archetype.

When you reach 8th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At 9th level your have mastered more complex orders. You gain access to the following advanced orders. Advanced orders behave like orders with the following exceptions:

Once you have given an advanced order you must finish a short or long rest before you can give that advanced order again.

Some advanced orders spend multiple uses of your amount of Orders per warlord level per the Warlord table. In those cases, the advanced orders will have the numbers of Orders used in brackets alongside the name of the order.

At 10th level, you gain a feature granted by your Command Archetype.

At 11th level, you learn the following order:

Additionally, you have adapted clever non-verbal cues and signals. Your allies no longer need to hear you to benefit from your orders.

When you reach 12th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At 13th level, after you give an order as an action you can make a weapon attack as a bonus action.

At 14th level you have mastered orders. You gain access to the following master orders. Master orders behave like orders with the following exceptions:

Once you have given a master order you must finish a long rest before you can give that it again.

Some master orders spend multiple uses of your amount of Orders per warlord level per the Warlord table. In those cases, the master orders will have the numbers of Orders used in brackets alongside the name of the order.

You can give the following master orders when you gain this feature:

At 15th level, you gain a feature granted by your Command Archetype.

When you reach 16th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At 17th level you and other friendly creatures in range to benefit from your orders gain a bonus to initiative equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Additionally, whenever a creature gains the benefits of your Inciting Word feature it can also choose one of the following additional benefits:

At 18th level, you gain a feature granted by your Command Archetype.

When you reach 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At 20th level you become the master of warfare and tactics. Whenever you roll initiative and have no more uses of Orders left, you regain 6 uses.

Additionally, whenever you give an advanced or master order as an action you may immediately give a non-advanced, non-master order as part of that same action.