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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 6720544" data-attributes="member: 1879">Oh words which are also class names exist withing the game world, they may or may not be associated with class of the same name. Instead people refer to themselves by their profession, or the social/political/economic order they belong to. Some who goes by the title of "Wizard" is probably a Wizard. But he could also be an Eldritch Knight fighter or even a champion with the magic initiate and ritual caster feats. A ranger, IE someone employed as a scout/warden/skirmisher might be a member of the Ranger class, or almost any other class with the outlander background. A paladin may be a member of a chivalric order, or not. A member of that chivalric order may be a paladin, or not. The paladin who is not a member of an order is probably not entitles to use the social title of paladin. The rogue who is in the order is.There are some classes which tie very tightly in the in world role, Druid, probably the most so. There are others where hiding the in world status might be illegal and/or dangerous. The wizards guild might be happy to accept dues from a noble dabbler (the champion with a feat), but they will be very upset to discover a Necromancer has been passing himself off as a wandering potion merchant. But even in earlier editions, especially 3e, the in world identification/role was not necessarily connected to the class levels the character possessed. If my character introduced himself as a knight, or merchant, or sailor, or tinker, what was his class? Yes there was eventually a Knight class, but just because you have Sir in front of your name didn't mean you had levels in it. You could be a fighter, or crusader, or any build you please really. Social and combat roles are not tied to a single class, with a few exceptions like the Druid.</blockquote>

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