Forum ranks-stupid thread i know

So far, we couldn't agree on a set of ranks we all liked... meaning that the Watch is stuck with the default ranks unless we find the magical formula. Just go ahead and propose a list of ranks if you want to - perhaps it's THE list we've been looking for all along!

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hmmm Private
Lieutenant
Sergeant
General
:D these were the first to come in my mind :D
 
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How about borrowing from the old AD&D rules and using titles from one of the classes... example: Thief titles by level

1 Apprentice
2 Footpad
3 Robber
4 Burglar
5 Cutpurse
6 Sharper
7 Pilferer
8 Thief
9 Master Thief
 
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Yes, but which class would we choose?!!
 
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Look at the ranks of Larian, I think they're quite good. ;)

They have ranks for almost each class ...
Druids, Vampires, for example ...
 
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Yes, but which class would we choose?!!

That would probably be best decided by a vote... I personallly really liked the Magic-User titles, though I don't have them in front of me right now (at work). But I know there were titles for the following classes:

Fighter
Paladin
Ranger
Magic User
Illusionist
Cleric
Druid
Bard
Monk
Thief

There were probably a couple more, but that's all I remember off the top of my head. I will try to put up the complete list of titles for each class later tonight (if I'm not at work all night... working on a program that's got to get done)...
 
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Why not just remove ranks entirely? And the post counter on every post, while we're at it.
 
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Mainly because most people actually like having them!!
 
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Okay... home now... here are the old titles for different levels of AD&D characters:

Cleric:

1 Acolyte
2 Adept
3 Priest
4-5 Curate
6 Canon
7 Lama
8 Patriarch
9 High Priest

Druid:

1 Aspirant
2 Ovate
3 Initiate of the 1st Circle
4 Initiate of the 2nd Circle
5 Initiate of the 3rdt Circle
6 Initiate of the 4th Circle
7 Initiate of the 5th Circle
8 Initiate of the 6th Circle
9 Initiate of the 7th Circle
10 Initiate of the 8th Circle
11 Initiate of the 9th Circle
12 Druid
13 ArchDruid
14 The Great Druid

Fighter:

1 Veteran
2 Warrior
3 Swordsman
4 Hero
5 Swashbuckler
6 Myrmidon
7 Champion
8 Superhero
9 Lord

Paladin:

1 Gallant
2 Keeper
3 Protector
4 Defender
5 Warder
6 Guardian
7 Chevalier
8 Justiciar
9 Paladin

Ranger:

1 Runner
2 Strider
3 Scout
4 Courser
5 Tracker
6 Guide
7 Pathfinder
8 Ranger
9 Ranger Knight
10 Ranger Lord

Magic-User:

1 Prestidigitator
2 Evoker
3 Conjurer
4 Theurgist
5 Thaumaturgist
6 Magician
7 Enchanter
8 Warlock
9 Sorcerer
10 Necromancer
11 Wizard

Illusionist:

1 Prestidigitator
2 Minor Trickster
3 Trickster
4 Master Trickster
5 Cabalist
6 Visionist
7 Phantasmist
8 Apparitionist
9 Spellbinder
10 Illusionist

Thief (corrected from my previous post):

1 Apprentice
2 Footpad
3 Cutpurse
4 Robber
5 Burglar
6 Filcher
7 Sharper
8 Magsman
9 Thief
10 Master Thief

Assassin:

1 Bravo
2 Rutterkin
3 Waghalter
4 Murderer
5 Thug
6 Killer
7 Cutthroat
8 Executioner
9 Assassin
10 Expert Assassin
11 Senior Assassin
12 Chief Assassin
13 Prime Assassin
14 Guildmaster Assassin
15 Grandfather of Assassins

Monk:

1 Novice
2 Initiate
3 Brother
4 Disciple
5 Immaculate
6 Master
7 Superior Master
8 Master of Dragons
9 Master of the North Wind
10 Master of the West Wind
11 Master of the South Wind
12 Master of the East Wind
13 Master of Winter
14 Master of Autumn
15 Master of Summer
16 Master of Spring
17 Grand Master of Flowers

Bard:

1 Rhymer
2 Lyrist
3 Sonnateer
4 Skald
5 Racaraide
6 Joungleur
7 Troubador
8 Minstrel
9 Muse
10 Lorist
11 Bard
12 Master Bard

Okay... that's it from the original AD&D Players Handbook. Now that I look at them... for a forum, the bard titles may fit the best...

If anything it was fun going over those old titles again... it's been quite a while since I cracked open this old book. :)
 
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Yep, I'd go with the bard list, too. After that, probably the paladin list. Although my personal favorites are the monk and assassin titles, those probably aren't appropriate.
 
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Magic-User or illusionist list would be my choices. I didn't know it was so hard to come up with names for druids. AD&D guys must of run out of imagination when it came to the druids.
 
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Magic-User or illusionist list would be my choices. I didn't know it was so hard to come up with names for druids. AD&D guys must of run out of imagination when it came to the druids.

No, the concept of circles are an old aspect of pagan/druidic magic and orders.

The Paladin ranks are pretty good for a message board, though I like the Thief titles the best.
 
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Thanks Gallifrey. It makes a little more sense now :)
 
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hmmm :thumbsdown: i dont like any of them keep trying
I've got a better idea. Since you're the one with the original complaint over a trivial issue, why don't you offer up something?
 
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