Yaarel
🇮🇱 🇺🇦 He-Mage
Yeah, a journeyman is exactly Level 5.
D&D 5E What IS a level 1 Fighter?
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Yeah, a journeyman is exactly Level 5.
Undrave
Legend
Not really, but I was tripping up on how to explain the kind of perspective I wanted to see shared in here so thanks for your contribution.
BookBarbarian
Expert Long Rester
Any of the 3 options or more depending on the Background selected and the backstory agreed upon by the Player running the character and the DM.
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Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
The same reason the Evoker has 9hd despite being a subclass you can take at level 2.
Yaarel
🇮🇱 🇺🇦 He-Mage
Good catch. ‘Veteran’ is exactly level 9.
Levels 1-4 = Apprentice (student)
Levels 5-8 = Journeyman (professional)
Levels 9-12 = Master (expert) = ‘veteran’
Yaarel
🇮🇱 🇺🇦 He-Mage
veteran (ˈvɛtərən; ˈvɛtrən)
n
1.
a. a person or thing that has given long service in some capacity
b. (as modifier): veteran firemen.
2. (Military)
a. a soldier who has seen considerable active service
b. (as modifier): veteran soldier.
3. (Military) US and Canadian a person who has served in the military forces
[C16: from Latin veterānus, from vetus old]
vet•er•an (ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən)
n.
1. a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force.
2. a person who has served in a military force, esp. during a war.
adj.
3. (of a soldier) having served in a military force, esp. during a war.
4. experienced through long service: a veteran member of Congress.
5. of or pertaining to veterans.
[1495–1505; < Latin veterānus mature, experienced =veter-, s. of vetus old + -ānus -an1]
vet·er·an (vĕt′ər-ən, vĕt′rən)
n.
1.
a. A person who has served in the armed forces.
b. An old soldier who has seen long service.
2. A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity or capacity: a veteran of political campaigns.
[Latin veterānus, from vetus, veter-, old; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]
So, it is possible we mean different things when we say the word ‘veteran’.
There are moreorless two different meanings of ‘veteran’.
One meaning for the word ‘veteran’ is a seasoned ‘old timer’ who is a master of war, or by analogy, a master of any area of expertise. This is absolutely what I mean, when I am referring to who is or who isnt a ‘veteran’.
But the other meaning of ‘veteran’ is technically anyone who has ever been in the military − even if it was technically, just for a couple of months, if someone got drafted just as the war is ending.
Now, military service when voluntarily enlisting (whether there is a war or not) is say 2 to 6 years of service. So they are out of high school at college level. When they completer their term of service, then they have effectively graduated college. They could be ‘professional’ soldiers after this.
Anyway, in my eyes, it is almost offensive to refer to a level 1 character as a ‘veteran’.
But if someone is speaking in the technical sense of ever having seen war, even if only briefly. Then, well, that is a legitimate meaning of the word ‘veteran’ too.
n
1.
a. a person or thing that has given long service in some capacity
b. (as modifier): veteran firemen.
2. (Military)
a. a soldier who has seen considerable active service
b. (as modifier): veteran soldier.
3. (Military) US and Canadian a person who has served in the military forces
[C16: from Latin veterānus, from vetus old]
vet•er•an (ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən)
n.
1. a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force.
2. a person who has served in a military force, esp. during a war.
adj.
3. (of a soldier) having served in a military force, esp. during a war.
4. experienced through long service: a veteran member of Congress.
5. of or pertaining to veterans.
[1495–1505; < Latin veterānus mature, experienced =veter-, s. of vetus old + -ānus -an1]
vet·er·an (vĕt′ər-ən, vĕt′rən)
n.
1.
a. A person who has served in the armed forces.
b. An old soldier who has seen long service.
2. A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity or capacity: a veteran of political campaigns.
[Latin veterānus, from vetus, veter-, old; see wet- in Indo-European roots.]
So, it is possible we mean different things when we say the word ‘veteran’.
There are moreorless two different meanings of ‘veteran’.
One meaning for the word ‘veteran’ is a seasoned ‘old timer’ who is a master of war, or by analogy, a master of any area of expertise. This is absolutely what I mean, when I am referring to who is or who isnt a ‘veteran’.
But the other meaning of ‘veteran’ is technically anyone who has ever been in the military − even if it was technically, just for a couple of months, if someone got drafted just as the war is ending.
Now, military service when voluntarily enlisting (whether there is a war or not) is say 2 to 6 years of service. So they are out of high school at college level. When they completer their term of service, then they have effectively graduated college. They could be ‘professional’ soldiers after this.
Anyway, in my eyes, it is almost offensive to refer to a level 1 character as a ‘veteran’.
But if someone is speaking in the technical sense of ever having seen war, even if only briefly. Then, well, that is a legitimate meaning of the word ‘veteran’ too.
The Veteran (monster) is a monster created by the designers of the game.
it was arbitrarily assigned 9HD to suit the needs for their CR. There is no correlation between monster design and character design.
Salthorae
Imperial Mountain Dew Taster
Offensive? Seriously? That is a very strong word
I don't recall personally calling them Veterans. Professional Fighters certainly, Amateur/apprentice Adventurers, sure.
If my post included the word "veteran" its because it was from a PHB Quote.
