Total Legend and Legendary Status
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:04 pm
I noticed 4ed still has kept this line from 3ed about keeping track of a character's Total Legend Points:
"The character never reduces his Total Legend Points; they are mainly used to determine his Legendary Status—how notable his legend is as it develops, and how it affects others as a result"
The problem is TLP has no effect on Legendary Status since 3ed because it's based upon a character's Discipline Status (ie Novice, Journeyman, etc), and this seems unchanged in 4ed. So the above sentence probably needs to be altered...
OR
4ed could instead use a TLP based system for Legendary Status like 1ed did. The reason I would argue for this is because it is a better reflection of a character's renown.
Example: A Wizard and Swordmaster start adventuring together at 1st Circle. They're side by side through every heroic deed and eventually they've earned a little over 40,000 TLP each, but despite starting out together the Swordmaster is Circle 5 while his Wizard friend (due to the cost of buying spells, weaving threads to spell matrix items, etc) has only advanced to Circle 4. In 4ed this would mean that despite having been part of the same heroic stories, the Swordmaster is somehow more well known than the Wizard purely because he has a higher Discipline Status. In 1ed their renown would be the same because they have the same amount of TLP.
Unless I've completely misunderstood the whole Legendary Status thing, in which case feel free to tell me I'm wrong
"The character never reduces his Total Legend Points; they are mainly used to determine his Legendary Status—how notable his legend is as it develops, and how it affects others as a result"
The problem is TLP has no effect on Legendary Status since 3ed because it's based upon a character's Discipline Status (ie Novice, Journeyman, etc), and this seems unchanged in 4ed. So the above sentence probably needs to be altered...
OR
4ed could instead use a TLP based system for Legendary Status like 1ed did. The reason I would argue for this is because it is a better reflection of a character's renown.
Example: A Wizard and Swordmaster start adventuring together at 1st Circle. They're side by side through every heroic deed and eventually they've earned a little over 40,000 TLP each, but despite starting out together the Swordmaster is Circle 5 while his Wizard friend (due to the cost of buying spells, weaving threads to spell matrix items, etc) has only advanced to Circle 4. In 4ed this would mean that despite having been part of the same heroic stories, the Swordmaster is somehow more well known than the Wizard purely because he has a higher Discipline Status. In 1ed their renown would be the same because they have the same amount of TLP.
Unless I've completely misunderstood the whole Legendary Status thing, in which case feel free to tell me I'm wrong