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Post by Zulgyan on Oct 21, 2007 0:32:04 GMT -6
I've always found level titles a cool tool for modeling the world and hinting about it's powerlevel.
But I think the titles can be somehow fixed in some ways.
For example, fighting men have 3 titles that I do not like:
*swordsman ("hey! but a use an axe all the time")
*swashbuckler ("but I always use the best armor I can get!")
*myrmidon ("so where is Achilles?")
So, fixing the table, I came up with these titles...
Veteran
Warrior
Fighter
Hero
Arms Master#
Vanquisher#
Champion
Superhero
Lord
# I'm not quite sattisfied with these and I'm posting this to see if others can help me out with cool ideas.
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Post by Stonegiant on Oct 21, 2007 0:47:10 GMT -6
Instead of Arms Master how about Man at Arms.
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Post by Zulgyan on Oct 21, 2007 1:58:31 GMT -6
My try on the Wizard:
("why should every 10 lvl magic user be a necromancer?")
Prestidigitator
Conjurer
Arcanist
Spellmaster
Evoker (fireball and lighting bolt baby!)
Magician*
Thaumaturgist
Magus
Sorcerer
Mage
Wizard
My try on the cleric:
(Trying to better reflect it's fighting-priest nature)
Acolyte
Adept
Devotee
Crusader
Warrior-priest
Zealot
Templar
Patriarch
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Post by Finarvyn on Oct 21, 2007 8:35:43 GMT -6
I've always found it to be strange that "veteran" is a first level fighter, because first level fighters are only veteran compared to farmers and blacksmiths and the like.
Perhaps first level could be "recruit" or "man-at-arms" and we could move "veteran" to second or third level.
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Post by Stonegiant on Oct 21, 2007 15:17:56 GMT -6
I always thought that the veteran title was in refrence to the fact that they were higher level than the men at arms who are 0-level fighters.
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Post by Zulgyan on Oct 21, 2007 15:21:23 GMT -6
Yes, 1st level fighting-men are no iniciates and have already been baptized in the blood of combat. The have already fought on numerous confrontatiosn.
Men-at-arms and recruits are just lvl 0 folk with just hps. No stats.
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Post by Stonegiant on Oct 21, 2007 18:58:52 GMT -6
Hey Zulg-
On another board I saw that you didn't like the title Hospitalar (check spelling) for the cleric, If you didn't know they were a order of knights also pledged to the medical treatment of others. IMO they pretty much personified the Cleric as portrayed in D&D.
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Post by Zulgyan on Oct 21, 2007 19:52:30 GMT -6
The reason I don't like Hospitalar is that it implies to much goodness. I want to keep titles as much away from that as possible so that both evil and good clerics find them fitting.
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Post by dwayanu on Oct 21, 2007 19:53:32 GMT -6
Being a swashbuckler has nothing to do with wearing or eschewing armor. It means one who is eager for a fight. To "swash a buckler" is to bang on a shield -- in days of yore, a way of saying, "Bring it on!" The connotation is of blustering and swaggering. That may not fit a character of more sober mien.
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Post by Stonegiant on Oct 21, 2007 20:43:23 GMT -6
The reason I don't like Hospitalar is that it implies to much goodness. I want to keep titles as much away from that as possible so that both evil and good clerics find them fitting. Maybe the titles should be alingment based, say Lawful and Chaotic and Neutral characters can choose which ones they want to use. |
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Post by Zulgyan on Oct 21, 2007 22:29:17 GMT -6
The way I intend to use titles, is to use them as a tool for world shaping and power level indicator.
For example, every king has it's own "Champion", right by his side, to fullfil his willing (think about something like "Bombaata" from the Conan 2 movie). Such fighting-men are 7 level.
Also, most towns have their "Heroes", a bunch of 4 or 5 characters that defend the town from the overwhelming wilderness.
And so on.
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