Spell-casting Roleplaying Titles

[nalkin]

This thread has inspired me to bump my own idea I came up with a while back... thanks.

[Sorrow*qc]

ppl who RP probly look like this
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[Dumesh Uhl'Belk]

I've never understood what was non-RP about the word level.

Nobody calls a high school student meta if he mention he is a 10th grader, or a martial artist is a 3rd rank black belt. Level is no more or less an RPish word than rank, circle, or grade. They are all synonymous .

[Omnimorph]

Omnimorph of the whirls till he hurls.

[Combo]

Go outside.

[Dragonthorne]

Ranger:

Level 1: Ranger of the Lay Down and Die
Level 2: Ranger of the Lay Down and Die
...
Level 50: Ranger of the Lay Down and Die

[Uthgaard]

Uthgaard of the 50th wtfb&.

[Sethius]

Sethius, Warrior of Auto-Attack.

Or I could be:

Sethius, Warrior of SK Envy.

Am I doing it right?

[FireEmblem86]

Originally Posted by Dumesh Uhl'Belk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've never understood what was non-RP about the word level.

Nobody calls a high school student meta if he mention he is a 10th grader, or a martial artist is a 3rd rank black belt. Level is no more or less an RPish word than rank, circle, or grade. They are all synonymous .

Rank, circle, etc, seem to function more along the lines of what spells you can cast (or abilities you have) than what your level is in-game.

For example, there aren't 50 ranks in Karate (or other martial arts that use the belting system). You don't get a rank whenever you gain some ability. Ranks are used to determine roughly how much ability you have (or, in the colored belts, what you have learned). A second degree black belt might be able to beat another one consistently because he's got more skill than him, but not enough to be a third degree. Whereas one would be level 24, the other would be level 23 or 22.

An example would, of course, be a Druid. On Live these days, spellcasters get spells every level. That wasn't so back in Classic-Velious (I don't recall when it was that it was changed, but I'm quite sure it was after OoW). Why is it that a level 14 Druid can cast Spirit of Wolf but a level 13 can't at all? Why doesn't a level 15 Druid get more spells than a level 14 Druid? Because, in the eyes of their guildmasters, their ranks are the same, the level 15 Druid has just been in that rank longer.

Edit: I'd also like to point out that a lot of people seem to misunderstanding this idea. Notice that I didn't say "Druid of Greater Wolf Form," I said "Druid of the Woods." I didn't say "Druid of Skin Like Steel," I said "Druid of Steel." The ranking isn't the spells themselves, but based ON the spells for easier understanding.

[Messianic]

I will one day egg a group of larpers and yell "METEOR STORM"