The Howl of the Wild teasers have got my brain noodles twitching.
A squad of highly mobile centaur archers being lead by a Commander is just going to be grossly effective.
Between the wild, the war, and the commander and guardian, there's a whole lot of awesome coming our way. 8'D
The real win for commanders out of HotW is flying mounts (at later lvls). The thought of reenacting the final rohirrim charge speech while swooping overhead on a majestic cat-bird is completely badass to me.
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The real win for commanders out of HotW is flying mounts (at later lvls). The thought of reenacting the final rohirrim charge speech while swooping overhead on a majestic cat-bird is completely badass to me.
Don't forget to have the bard play Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" as you do it.
Somebody mentioned the idea of playing a giant awakened bee and taking the Swarmkeeper archetype to represent a queen bee and her hive. It strikes me that it might not be an incredible stretch from this concept to make the queen also a Commander who directs not only her swarming minions but also her allies.
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I had already been noodling about a Sprite Commander with a Large Mount (would have been Horse, but now would be Elk) with big skills in Stealth and Deception such that it could have a visible Banner attached to its Mount, give verbal orders, but stay hidden while perched on its Mount (2-size category difference means it provides Standard Cover).
But now I'm thinking same thing, but with an Awakened Cattle Egret and a Bull Mount...except now I see that we don't have a bovine Animal Companion in this edition. How odd!