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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5073364" data-attributes="member: 54707">By method maybe, by purpose possibly not. Surely not if it were me.I think a lot though depends upon the nature of the observer, and the nature of the observed. For instance someone in military service or who has such a background or is interested in the subject knows the difference between a Marine Corp sniper and a Naval gunner.But the general public may or may not know these sorts of general (or even specific) differentiations. So every soldier may just be a soldier to many. To at least some though - they would understand the difference.The same with any fantasy world. You'd have those familiar with what they speak, and those who are familiar with such differences in only the very most general sense (because in many fantasy settings the dissemination of knowledge, especially specialized knowledge, will be very restricted compared to our society - no TV shows about Special Forces for the general public to watch).Then again even those with specialized backgrounds (those in specifically dangerous occupations) rarely speak of such things casually and you can easily see why. Who would want to advertise specific capacities to the general public and lose the advantages you'd otherwise naturally possess through shooting off your mouth carelessly? If I were a Ranger or a Wizard or a Thief or anything of that ilk I'd certainly not necessarily dress the part and I'd never proclaim the fact outside of a trusted group of associates and employers. In my off hours I'd be as bland as crustless white bread.Personally it makes me cringe to think of anyone walking into a bar and saying, "Here I am, a thirty-second level Sword Marshall Inspiring Warlord (or whatever they would be called) looking for work." If you had any kind of enemy worth his salt you'd justifiably wake up dead that way. And if I had a partner who talked or acted that way I'd cut him loose and let him get his own undertaker.I'd keep what I was and how I operated and what my capabilities were to myself. If somebody else were interested in exactly what I could do and exactly what I was then they could pay for the privilege or figure it out the hard way.There's no particular reason for me to assume that any fantasy world would be any less dangerous than our real one. And even in this one I got no reason to paint a target on myself, or to let anyone else do that just for giggles or ego.As far as most people are concerned I'd show em only what they needed to see, and I'd tell em only what they needed to know. I'd save the real shop talk for the buddies I knew I could bank on.To everybody else I'd just be the guy who keeps funny hours. Or I'd be the guy who was anything other than what I really was.</blockquote>

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