"Name" level?
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As far as NPCs are concerned, their character level is completely divorced from their noteriety. It is more likely they will be higher level, but not necessary. For instance, the Baron of that land over there has a son. Everyone knows his son, Eugan. Eugan is a 2nd level Warrior, but because he has the Run feat, he is Eugan the Swift. Now there might be any number of high level rogues, but you would have to listen to the right people to know that the kindly old woman who sells tarts is really a cold-blooded assassin named Poison-tooth Nell. YMMV
Li Shenron
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It depends so much on many things... in our games it's not uncommon that Rogues and Barbarians for example get little nicknames from the start, which they earned in their group or tribe.
Sometimes players want cool nicks instead of normal names, but if you give it too soon to your character, it may sound ridiculous and can stem counter-nicks from the rest of the world. I mean, if you present your 1st level fighter as "Doombringer" or "The nemesis of orckind" and you cannot match a single orc in hand-to-hand combat, you deserve soon that the rest of the population jokes at you as "Goosebringer" or "The nemesis of chickenkind".
Sometimes players want cool nicks instead of normal names, but if you give it too soon to your character, it may sound ridiculous and can stem counter-nicks from the rest of the world. I mean, if you present your 1st level fighter as "Doombringer" or "The nemesis of orckind" and you cannot match a single orc in hand-to-hand combat, you deserve soon that the rest of the population jokes at you as "Goosebringer" or "The nemesis of chickenkind".
Felix said:
That Baron needs to have someone give his son some training so he can be a Fighter!
Poor Eugan... 
I generally let NPCs swap out NPC class levels for better appropriate NPC or PC levels with training, eg Commoner > Warrior > Fighter or Commoner > Expert > Rogue. I generally assume this happened off-stage to PCs too, eg the 1st level Fighter was a 1st level Commoner-1 at 14, a Warrior-1 at 16 and finally a Fighter-1 at 18 (or whatever age they enter play at).
Tuzenbach
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It's completely variable in that I'll have some characters who wish not to be recognized, while others will create a name for themselves before ever adventuring just because they are legends in their own minds.
I'll even have characters who *believe* they're called one thing when, in fact, they are actually known as something else entirely.
Such was the case with one Pheno Cito The Ludicrous........you see, he *thought* he was "Pheno Cito The Mysterious" while, unbeknowest to him, the populace had deemed him "...The Ludicrous" behind his back. This might just be indicative of the fact that the man insisted upon donning a rather obvious false nose (protruding out nearly seven inches) before, during, and after adventuring. Indeed, he insisted upon it's "genuineness".
Now "The Abominable Moan" is another story all-together!
I'll even have characters who *believe* they're called one thing when, in fact, they are actually known as something else entirely.
Such was the case with one Pheno Cito The Ludicrous........you see, he *thought* he was "Pheno Cito The Mysterious" while, unbeknowest to him, the populace had deemed him "...The Ludicrous" behind his back. This might just be indicative of the fact that the man insisted upon donning a rather obvious false nose (protruding out nearly seven inches) before, during, and after adventuring. Indeed, he insisted upon it's "genuineness".
Now "The Abominable Moan" is another story all-together!
Gez
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Depends on your deeds, I think.
This reminds me of that old joke:
"Well, you see those buildings? I designed and built all of them, but do they call me Jim the Architect? No. And see that bridge? I designed and oversaw the construction of that bridge, but do they call me the Jim the Engineer? No. And I donate tens of thousands of dollars to charities every year, but do they call me Jim the Philanthropist? No. But <word removed by Eric's Grandma> one goat..."
This reminds me of that old joke:
"Well, you see those buildings? I designed and built all of them, but do they call me Jim the Architect? No. And see that bridge? I designed and oversaw the construction of that bridge, but do they call me the Jim the Engineer? No. And I donate tens of thousands of dollars to charities every year, but do they call me Jim the Philanthropist? No. But <word removed by Eric's Grandma> one goat..."
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