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<blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 5499354" data-attributes="member: 49017">Well, if we're dealing with Bobbus, son of Eddus the Roman Turnip Farmer, then assuming he's done the basic militia training expected of every Roman Citizen as a teenager, he can join the legions, get sent for six months training in Capua, and then be considered fit to be sent to a legion. Where he might be sent to one of the veteran cohorts for extra training, or put directly into a regular cohort if they needed to make up the numbers. Please note that Bobbus isn't trained to fight on horseback, which a D&amp;D Fighter is, and he's familiar with a lot less by way of weaponry than a D&amp;D Fighter. Of course, Bobbus has now committed himself to 16 years in the legions. So he's not likely to become a wandering adventurer any time soon. If Bobbus was training to be a Man-at-Arms, a Maryannu, a Sipahi, a Ghulam, a Yeni-Ceri, or a Samurai then he'd certainly expect longer in training.&nbsp;&nbsp;How someone who starts as a farmboy becomes a F1 is, by contrast, rather signficant. A massively talented farmboy brawler who also happens to be competent with a wide variety of weapons and armour and who knows how to fight on horseback without it being a disadvantage, still has to be able to afford their equipment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bluenose, post: 5499354, member: 49017"] Well, if we're dealing with Bobbus, son of Eddus the Roman Turnip Farmer, then assuming he's done the basic militia training expected of every Roman Citizen as a teenager, he can join the legions, get sent for six months training in Capua, and then be considered fit to be sent to a legion. Where he might be sent to one of the veteran cohorts for extra training, or put directly into a regular cohort if they needed to make up the numbers. Please note that Bobbus isn't trained to fight on horseback, which a D&D Fighter is, and he's familiar with a lot less by way of weaponry than a D&D Fighter. Of course, Bobbus has now committed himself to 16 years in the legions. So he's not likely to become a wandering adventurer any time soon. If Bobbus was training to be a Man-at-Arms, a Maryannu, a Sipahi, a Ghulam, a Yeni-Ceri, or a Samurai then he'd certainly expect longer in training. How someone who starts as a farmboy becomes a F1 is, by contrast, rather signficant. A massively talented farmboy brawler who also happens to be competent with a wide variety of weapons and armour [B]and[/B] who knows how to fight on horseback without it being a disadvantage, still has to be able to afford their equipment. [/QUOTE]

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