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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 160346" data-attributes="member: 944">As an addendum to my comments the crucial difference between ordinary and elite is often the character class and to a lesser extent level.For example a regular town guard might be a third level warrior or a third level expert instead of a fighter or a rogue.A ordinary "police department" usually called a Contstables Office will be a mix of 2-6 level warriors, experts and maybe the occasional adept thrown in the mix.Detectives tend to be Elite types although some may be Expert5/ Detective PRC+xand officers may have Warrior or Expert + Officer and Aristocrat levels.The difference between an elite unit and say a regular unit is like the difference between say a S.W.A.T. officer and a beat cop.Both my have 20 years on the force but the S.W.A.T. guy has a lot more training. This is represented by making one a warrior and the other a fighter and modifing it a bit.The Beat cop (20 year vet) would be maybe expert3/warrior3/police veteran1 PRC whereas the elite guy might be a level higher (he sees more action) and be a rogue3/fighter4/Police veteran1 prcThe "science support" role in a modern office are of course handled by Wizards who do double duty as heavy artillery when neededSay a forensics unit might be an Adept capable of casting speak with dead ( I added it to the list so don't ask) If things get rough hey there is always lightning bolt <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />More elite units will have Wizards possibly with an expert level or two instead. They will also have speak with dead (I added that to the Sor/Wiz list too).Since Ihave both science and magic a typical homicide investigation begins with Speak With Dead (this isn't an evil spell BTW) and follows up with an investigation. Forensic lore is faily advanced  with the succinct problem that the tools are limited to early 19th century with the addition magic. Many small cities and villages of course don't have police and will just have a few "Custos" to keep order. These guys are 2-4th warrior at best.If things got out of hand local adventurers or spell casters would help out.</blockquote>

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