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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5981318" data-attributes="member: 2205">My opinion is that he should do it by handwaving what makes sense at the time.What do you mean by medieval society?  Which medieval society?  At what time period?  Early medieval Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain?  High medieval France?  The Crusader states?  The Moorish caliphate?  The Kipchak Khaganate?  Amongst the vikings?  Amongst the Byzantines?  Amongst the Sassanians?  Amongst the Franks?  The Normans?  Amongst the Grand Princes of Moscow before the establishment of the Tsardom?  Along the Silk Road states of East central Asia?  During the 100 years war, when peasants could amass vast wealth by pillaging France, and the king found himself at the mercy of his nobles?Your specification is too broad.  And, in addition, I think you want there to be much harder and faster rules than there actually where.  The medieval European world never had a caste system.  Classes were fairly broad (peasants, nobles, clergy) and more fluid than a lot of people give them credit for.  Not only could people move from class to class moreso than a lot of people think, but subclasses rose and fell as societal factors allowed with great frequency.I don't think Gygax, or anyone else, when they came up with those labels, ever meant them to be more than a fairly handwavey guideline for GMs to use as they saw fit.</blockquote>