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<blockquote data-quote="Delta" data-source="post: 3605504" data-attributes="member: 40269">Again, my claim to in-game usage is in this discussion solely about class titles, not anything else. To expand the discussion, I'd say that game-term names are used in-game, while numbers would not be. I play core-rules only; I also think that the more classes you add to the game dilutes the core elegance of the system, so I avoid that. So, in my gaming:- Yes, barbarians are only called barbarians if they have that class.- There is no Knight class; I still use the D&amp;D tradition for knighthood to be a reward title.- Yes, people call themselves Rogues (unless lying or equivocating).- I don't recognize NPC classes like Warrior.- Yes, people call themselves Fighter/Rogue/Wizard.- Yes, people definitely refer to alignments by name (see Elric novels, Gygax novels, detect evil spells, etc.)- People would not refer to a numerical level or hit points.- People would refer to a +1 longsword as a &quot;faintly magical longsword&quot; (as per detect magic).It's basically just keeping things simple, and not having to engage in big-W, little-W linguistic contortions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Delta, post: 3605504, member: 40269"] Again, my claim to in-game usage is in this discussion solely about [i]class titles[/i], not anything else. To expand the discussion, I'd say that game-term [i]names[/i] are used in-game, while [i]numbers[/i] would not be. I play core-rules only; I also think that the more classes you add to the game dilutes the core elegance of the system, so I avoid that. So, in my gaming: - Yes, barbarians are only called barbarians if they have that class. - There is no Knight class; I still use the D&D tradition for knighthood to be a reward title. - Yes, people call themselves Rogues (unless lying or equivocating). - I don't recognize NPC classes like Warrior. - Yes, people call themselves Fighter/Rogue/Wizard. - Yes, people definitely refer to alignments by name (see Elric novels, Gygax novels, [i]detect evil[/i] spells, etc.) - People would not refer to a numerical level or hit points. - People would refer to a +1 longsword as a "faintly magical longsword" (as per [i]detect magic[/i]). It's basically just keeping things simple, and not having to engage in big-W, little-W linguistic contortions. [/QUOTE]

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