The Campaign Builder's Guild

I think the harlots have had a good run, but it may be time for them to retire, and for us to seek some new user titles.

Unfortunately, my conversations on that topic have typically gone as follows:
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The CBG masses: We need some new titles!
Sparkletwist: Any suggestions?
*sounds of crickets chirping, tumbleweed rolling, fingers being shoved up noses, and other such non-answering-sounds*
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So, CBG, what say you? Please post your suggestions here! Both general theme suggestions and specific lists are welcome.

I posted ideas here back in September: http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,209358.0.html

Warhammer ideas and below them--> suggested Cadaverous Earth Titles.

[ic]As for titles:

Warhammer 40K titles?
Arbitrator ranks:

Trooper
Enforcer
Regulator
Investigator
Arbitrator
Proctor
Marshal
Lord Marshal

Assassin Ranks
Sell-steel
Shadesman
Nighthawk
Secluse
Assassin
Freeblade
Assassin At Marque
Assassin Palatine

Cleric Ranks
Novice
Initiate
Priest
Preacher
Cleric
Confessor
Bishop
Hierophant

Imperial Psykers

Sanctionite
Neonate
Aspirant
Savant Militant
Savant Warrant
Lieutenant Savant
Savant Adjunct
Preceptor-Savant


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Cadaverous Earth

Cestoid
Anthrophagoi
Mindgrub
Zerda
Ghilian
Lillix
Geist
Zherer
Bloodletter, The[/ic]

Did we ever do celestial bodies, e.g. planets, nebulas, galaxies, etc.?

Oh i know! use the titles of Bill Peet books! wingdingdilly, smokey, cowardly clyde, huge harold, and so on!

Phoenix idea is pretty good. Perhaps we could add to that, there were a few good ones in LD's post. Mix and match and you get some really cool things.

How many titles are there, anyways?

Hmm.
Fantasy settings.
Ridiculous weaponry. (ranks from nunchaku to dire flail)
as above... but magic! (dire flail of dire dirges)
Classic D&D artifacts (I want to be the Deck of Many Things!)
Pulp novel titles.
Star Wars characters.
Tropes! This could be fun as well as a constant reminder of the pitfalls of our trade.
Randomly concocted vaguely latin-sounding schools of magic.
Cabbage brands.
Plagues.
D&D creatures. (from Dire Badger to Ancient Dragon)

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Plagues.
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Sparkbot generated "Diseases" for a topic. If we ever go with that, I demand that new users be called Mumps and the highest title be The Black Death.

Actors who have played Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Dr. Who, Julius Caesar or Jesus over the decades.

It occurred to me that the Caste System I am using in Cad Goleor (modeled off of the Brehon Laws pretty directly) allows for an appropriate scale.  From highest to lowest:

High King
King
Druid
Fliath
Aes Dana
Aire
Céile
Saer-fuidír
Daer-fuidír

I like Crows idea of tropes.

I like the ideas of actors that have played certain roles and classic D&D Artifacts.

I'm not much for the actor idea (sorry). Seems a bit opaque and unrelated to the site.
(the last argument might fall a bit short considering our current harlot titles :p )

Let's just call everybody after different species of turtles. Or cabbages. Though on second thought, there probably is not too many cabbage species.

I'll be sad to see the end of the harlot era, but it's easier to cope with now that I'm no longer a Haughty Courtesan. I already said my most important farewells when I outgrew that rank.

QuoteRandomly concocted vaguely latin-sounding schools of magic.

This is my favorite. I vote that we do this one, but that we're careful to make sure the ranks, when translated, describe the most prosaic styles of magic possible.

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I'll be sad to see the end of the harlot era, but it's easier to cope with now that I'm no longer a Haughty Courtesan. I already said my most important farewells when I outgrew that rank.

QuoteRandomly concocted vaguely latin-sounding schools of magic.

This is my favorite. I vote that we do this one, but that we're careful to make sure the ranks, when translated, describe the most prosaic styles of magic possible.

I am sick of being a Cheap Trollop :P.

I also support the ida of latin-sounding schools of magic!