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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 74409" data-attributes="member: 463">In an actual medieval society the Lords were expected to defend their lands by personal force of arms, or die trying.  In the typical feudal areas of my campaign world, Barons and Dukes are typically pretty high-level Fighters who have battled many enemy forces themselves. There are civilised areas where the 'aristocrat' class is common, but if you're running something resembling 12th-century Europe most (male) nobles should probably be Fighter-class.  I tend to use the Aristocrat class for female nobles, who can ride well, use weapons in any emergency, defend the land if their husband (father/son) is away off campaigning, but are not professional killers.  Your typical Dark Age or medieval noble was, literally, a professional killer - and their 'divine right' was closely linked to their ability to slaughter the enemy.  Most PCs should be able to respect that.If there's a giant dragon threatening the kingdom that the King _can't_ deal with but the PCs can, IMO the PCs can reasonably expect noble titles of their own if they kill it at the King's command, and a reasonable cut of the dragonhoard - 50-50, most likely.  They are not going to be treated as peasants - either they'll be co-opted into the nobility or they'll be treated as a threat and squelched.  BTW being able to kill a dragon doesn't necessarily mean you can beat an army of lower-level Fighters & Warriors with some Wizard & Clerical back-up (it might, but not necessarily).</blockquote>

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