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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 9330661" data-attributes="member: 92511">I'd say, for the most part, they're&nbsp; looked at as &quot;mercenaries.&quot; Potentially dangerous folks who enter a village...you're not sure why they're there or why they would want to go up to the old ruin. They have some business they're after...but the commoners don't necessarily want to know what it is. They're mercenaries, they're either here because someone is paying them to be or they are on their own business/looking for someone to hire them. They're, generally, troublemakers. A step above vagabonds because they have armor and weapons. ...until they save some folks or the whole town and then they're heroes! Those that already have a reputation across the countryside as &quot;heroes&quot; are few and generally (presumed to be) higher level individuals. There are few of those that have anywhere from local to regional renown. Groups with &quot;national&quot; or &quot;world-wide&quot; fame are the great heroes of legend and myth from long days past (that certain &quot;adventurers&quot; today seek to achieve for the fame and presumed wealth and power that comes with it).&nbsp; There is, maybe, one place in the world that &quot;adventuring groups&quot; are collected into a loose guild structure, for easy hiring. One of the larger port cities, so they can be sent just about anywhere in the world if the fee is met/agreed.&nbsp; But they are as much/good as groups of bandits as groups of learned explorers or aspiring heroes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 9330661, member: 92511"] I'd say, for the most part, they're looked at as "mercenaries." Potentially dangerous folks who enter a village...you're not sure why they're there or why they would want to go up to the old ruin. They have some business they're after...but the commoners don't necessarily want to know what it is. They're mercenaries, they're either here because someone is paying them to be or they are on their own business/looking for someone to hire them. They're, generally, troublemakers. A step above vagabonds because they have armor and weapons. ...until they save some folks or the whole town and then they're heroes! Those that already have a reputation across the countryside as "heroes" are few and generally (presumed to be) higher level individuals. There are few of those that have anywhere from local to regional renown. Groups with "national" or "world-wide" fame are the great heroes of legend and myth from long days past (that certain "adventurers" today seek to achieve for the fame and presumed wealth and power that comes with it). There is, maybe, one place in the world that "adventuring groups" are collected into a loose guild structure, for easy hiring. One of the larger port cities, so they can be sent just about anywhere in the world if the fee is met/agreed. But they are as much/good as groups of bandits as groups of learned explorers or aspiring heroes. [/QUOTE]

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