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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 73565" data-attributes="member: 1125">If I may add two points1. In Medieval Times very few (practically nil) commoners went off on adventures unless they were forced to by pressgangs or having their village burnt down by rampaging orcs -or Swiss mercenaries - (at which point they would go and find another Laird to serve)ergo Very few Adventurer PCs are actually commoners, my guess is that most are minor aristocrats (9th sons of a minor baron sought of thing) or possible 9th sons of merchants (experts) etc etc The few urban commoners that are PCs are probably rogues so not likely to bow and scrape either2. Not everyone in Medieval times deffered to the Class system - it was merchants in Paris that led the French Revolution afterall, Priests (Clerics) were not required to bow to nobles (they bowed down to God alone) and I suspect that the same would go for Wizards. Rogues I mentioned above would not necessarily respect the nobs, neither would 'outsiders like Barbarians nor Scorcerers nor Monks. Which leaves Fighters - Fighters, Paladins, Rangers. Okay Robin Hood was a 'Ranger' who showed very little respect for nobility, Paladins like Clerics only need to bow to their god, Fighter-Adventurers are mercenaries and so will serve which ever noble or merchant or whatever pays the most gold (not a lot of respect for much except that coin)ergo PCs are those special cases that do not defer to class unless it suits their particular agenda at the time ie when using diplomacy checks to win some favour from a nobleThe other thing of course is Race - do Dwarf PCs respect Human Kings? Does the average halfing care if Ugork is the Orcish Warchief? Do gnomes even have a class system they can relate to?</blockquote>

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