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** Near the end of its life, Third Edition introduced the White Raven Tactics discipline, used by the Crusader and Warblade classes, in ''Tome of Battle''. Maneuvers from the discipline allow buffing allies and occasionally debuffing enemies when used in conjunction with the Warblade and Crusader's innate ability to hit things.
** Fourth Edition introduced the Warlord, which focused on abilities of this type, in place of the traditional Bard class, which claimed magical buffing among its [[Jack of All Trades|very wide]] portfolio and did not make the core rulebook this time. Aside from Fourth Edition's general design decision to make [[Hit Points]] a matter of morale as much as actual injury (allowing a Warlord to heal allies by shouting at them) and the plot implications of calling the class's role "Leader", Warlord's existence and abilities are actually one of the less controversial additions of a very controversial edition. Even after the Bard returned later on, Warlord's non-magical nature and secondary focus on hitting things allowed the two to remain distinct.
* The Noble class of ''[[Star Wars]]: Roleplaying Game: Saga Edition'' can gain this kind of ability from its Leadership and Inspiration talent tree. Due to the nature of ''Saga Edition'', where characters can pick from any talent tree they want, it is not required to be a Noble to possess this kind of ability. The Officer [[Prestige Class]] also has this kind of ability and is essentially a less squishy combination of Noble and Soldier.
* The "Leadership" series of Edges in ''[[Savage Worlds]]'' improve the combat abilities of Extras ("unimportant" characters, including all nameless ones) within 10 yards of the character that holds them. An edge that lets these bonuses apply to everyone, including player characters, is present but requires the character have reached the Seasoned experience level (the first after the starting level of
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* ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' allows the player to spend Command Points, normally used to let a character move and attack, to issue an Order. An Order gives a boost to one or all units currently deployed. A handful of plot important enemies can also issue Orders to the enemy on maps where they are present, though with a much more limited array of options. This ability returns in the sequels, but heavily [[Nerf]]ed to prevent stacking a lot of orders on one unit that then rushes to the objective.
* Exists by implication with the Leadership Pool from ''[[City of Heroes]]'', which includes powers that when activated increase the attack and defense abilities of the character and his team/league-mates. Even when possessed by characters of origins other than Natural, it can be argued that there is nothing paranormal about them. At the same time though, this trope is subverted, as they affect the team whether or not the character possessing them is the team leader; more, ''every'' member of a team can possess these powers and simultaneously buff themselves and each other with them.
* In ''[[Expeditions: Conquistador]]'', as well as its prequels ''Viking'' and ''Rome'', this kind of ability can be found both unobfuscated (such as the Lieutenant's "rally" ability to grant free movement) and (since the series is pure [[Historical Fiction]]) obfuscated in the form of various religion/superstition
* In the ''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]'' mod ''[[Long War (mod)|Long War]]'', soldiers can subclass as Officers, who can grant another move to allies in sight range and offer bonuses to nearby allies.
* ''[[Command and Conquer Generals]]'' has General Powers, which are essentially bonus attacks and skills your chosen general can utilize via unlocking them after defeating a certain amount of the enemy. Most of these abilities are either passive bonuses or on recharge timers to avoid spamming, like with the ones that allow paradropping extra troops or summoning superweapons of varying degrees.
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