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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 8250669" data-attributes="member: 22260">So skipping over the discussion and just posting..."What they do vs. who they are" is an old issue, and D&D criticism.AD&D attempted to have a social context and world role for almost all classes, though for some, like rangers, where actually loners and did not group together. (And your druid or monk where going to have to fight their way to the top, assassins would assassinate, of course). Much of this role and social context was given at higher levels and through things like building strongholds and attracting followers.However, I think actually play undermined this approach. In play, these disparate characters would get together and stay together to adventure. All the world context stuff felt like an ad-on. Essentially they where professions or occupations;  but the social role was butt kicking adventurer, er I mean hero. However however, I don't really disagree with the OP. For homebrewing I think what is being suggested here is great, even if I have never done too much of it myself.  Also, it would be really interesting to have a version, of say Greyhawk, with singular orders of assassins, druids and monks, prominent thieves guilds, fighters who became warlords, and so forth.</blockquote>