The way I set my prior example up, the titles are indicative of skill in the larger sense. For an Earthly parallel using US collegiate recognition, an Associates Degree would be novice, Baccalaureate Degree would be Professional, Masters would be, well, Master, and Arch- or Grandmaster would be a Doctorate.
As the set up presumes the characters existed in the world, they would have Apprenticed at least once — possibly more depending on the background in question. The system impacts multi-class characters, too, lol.
so it serves multiple purposes, and because there is a ritual ceremony at each stage, it is something akin to a coming of age ceremony for each of the Tiers. The role play aspect is pretty useful, but that is a result of me thinking about everything here so far, and still wanting something to say besides “I am a 12th level Paladin”.
as was shown this past weekend an likely this upcoming one, there is another point, lol.
sometimes knowing you stand a chance against a real jerk of an NPC (the Baron is a Master Warrior) is all players need to decide to take them down — and apparently damned the consequences — but also knowing the mysterious figure that keeps appearing is a Grandmaster tells them tread carefully.
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In older editions of the game, each level for each class came with a corresponding title. Most people ignored them because nobody could remember how each title related to the others.
For tradesmen I use the apprentice through grand master titles to show relative skill levels in the trade. The one caveat here is that if your PC has the skill jeweler (for instance) you are right on the cusp from apprentice to journeyman. I also use titles ( knight, baron, etc) for nobles of kingdoms (like Cormyr in FR) and rank titles for military units as they serve important roles in those groups. Unless a PC makes an effort to join one of these sorts of groups they would never have a title of any sort and neither would most NPCs. At best you should know most power people in your region by reputation and that is probably as close to a judgement of their ability as your going to get.
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The way I set my prior example up, the titles are indicative of skill in the larger sense. For an Earthly parallel using US collegiate recognition, an Associates Degree would be novice, Baccalaureate Degree would be Professional, Masters would be, well, Master, and Arch- or Grandmaster would be a Doctorate.
As the set up presumes the characters existed in the world, they would have Apprenticed at least once — possibly more depending on the background in question. The system impacts multi-class characters, too, lol.
so it serves multiple purposes, and because there is a ritual ceremony at each stage, it is something akin to a coming of age ceremony for each of the Tiers. The role play aspect is pretty useful, but that is a result of me thinking about everything here so far, and still wanting something to say besides “I am a 12th level Paladin”.
as was shown this past weekend an likely this upcoming one, there is another point, lol.
sometimes knowing you stand a chance against a real jerk of an NPC (the Baron is a Master Warrior) is all players need to decide to take them down — and apparently damned the consequences — but also knowing the mysterious figure that keeps appearing is a Grandmaster tells them tread carefully.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
In older editions of the game, each level for each class came with a corresponding title. Most people ignored them because nobody could remember how each title related to the others.
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For tradesmen I use the apprentice through grand master titles to show relative skill levels in the trade. The one caveat here is that if your PC has the skill jeweler (for instance) you are right on the cusp from apprentice to journeyman. I also use titles ( knight, baron, etc) for nobles of kingdoms (like Cormyr in FR) and rank titles for military units as they serve important roles in those groups. Unless a PC makes an effort to join one of these sorts of groups they would never have a title of any sort and neither would most NPCs. At best you should know most power people in your region by reputation and that is probably as close to a judgement of their ability as your going to get.
Wisea$$ DM and Player since 1979.