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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9784697" data-attributes="member: 907">Another major difference in 4e is that all careers have a built-in staked-out career path, looking like this:[ATTACH=full]420403[/ATTACH]The characteristics marked with a cross are the ones you can advance at level 1, with the copper crossed axes, the silver skull, and the gold shield becoming available at levels 2, 3, and 4. You also get access to more skills, usually a higher status, and different talents – unlike skills, you can only get talents from your current career level.The biggest difference from older editions is that there's no requirement to change or advance careers to get better. If you're fine being a Rat Hunter for your whole life, you can just keep sinking XP into the stuff that's available to Rat Hunters and be the best darn Rat Hunter that ever Hunted a Rat. It's perhaps not the most efficient thing to do since there are diminishing returns to your increases, but you can do it. You probably want to get to at least level 2 as in most cases that's when you start getting seen as a professional and not an apprentice (for most careers, the level 2 title is the same as the career itself), but level 3 and especially level 4 usually implies some level of settling down and getting a position of authority which might not sit well with everyone. Perhaps not so much for a Ratcatcher, but the Racketeer career for example goes from Thug to Racketeer to Gang Boss to Crime Lord, and the trappings for a Gang Boss include a "Gang of Thugs and Racketeers" and for Crime Lord include "Subordinate Gang Bosses". Level 3 and 4 also require you to spend one downtime unit between adventures taking care of business, or you'll drop one level in your class. It's not a wasted downtime unit (you still get money for it), but it does reduce your options. If you're a Gang Boss and don't spend time Bossing your Gang, you won't have a Gang to Boss anymore.</blockquote>

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