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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 6761346" data-attributes="member: 6683613">Like with political theories, the closer you are to a class, the more the fine distinctions matter.&nbsp; Commoners don't really see the difference between a sorcerer and a wizard and a warlock, but members of those classes are acutely aware of it.&nbsp; And the distinction might not just be along class lines; warlocks of different patrons and sorcerers of different origins might see themselves just as far apart from each other as they are from wizards.On the martial side, things aren't quite as clear cut, but experienced warriors do tend to recognize the difference between combat styles.&nbsp; (Interestingly, I believe the battlemaster's Know Your Enemy ability is the only one in 5E which directly interacts with class.)&nbsp; Again, it's not necessarily divided just among class lines; Strength fighters, finesse fighters, and archer fighters probably don't feel any closer to each other than they are to barbarians.And on the flipside, some different classes and class combinations may see each other as closer than the rules say they are.&nbsp; A cleric/fighter and a paladin, for example.tl;dr:&nbsp; People notice that different characters do different things, but they don't have a PHB to give them a convenient classification system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 6761346, member: 6683613"] Like with political theories, the closer you are to a class, the more the fine distinctions matter. Commoners don't really see the difference between a sorcerer and a wizard and a warlock, but members of those classes are acutely aware of it. And the distinction might not just be along class lines; warlocks of different patrons and sorcerers of different origins might see themselves just as far apart from each other as they are from wizards. On the martial side, things aren't quite as clear cut, but experienced warriors do tend to recognize the difference between combat styles. (Interestingly, I believe the battlemaster's Know Your Enemy ability is the only one in 5E which directly interacts with class.) Again, it's not necessarily divided just among class lines; Strength fighters, finesse fighters, and archer fighters probably don't feel any closer to each other than they are to barbarians. And on the flipside, some different classes and class combinations may see each other as closer than the rules say they are. A cleric/fighter and a paladin, for example. tl;dr: People notice that different characters do different things, but they don't have a PHB to give them a convenient classification system. [/QUOTE]

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