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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1889901" data-attributes="member: 5328">No-one says that it has to be. But a lot of people know that it is. And more just understand that a viscount is lowlier than a count then way they understand that a priest is lowlier than a bishop. Sure, you could dream up some 'why-not' rationalisation for 'archbishop' being lowlier than 'deacon', but all that would achieve would be to make players do a double-take every time the titles were used.And maybe in my campaign the common weapon with a two-edged metal blade about 75-90 centimetres long, designed for use in one hand, is called a 'mace', because it was invented by a smith called 'May'.Why risk confusion? It only forces the artificiality of the game world into prominence, and inhibits players from suspending disbelief.</blockquote>