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Brother Willi wrote:

The SDF hierarchy is not spelled out in great detail in the books released thus far. If it's something your group will benefit from, there's no reason you can't create your own structure and modify things

In Book 2 the players receive a promotion when they reach the retreat point, and are placed on special duty that will carry them through at least book 5. They are ostensibly all promoted to "Lieutenant," though it's unclear what that means in the wider structure of the SDF. You could easily change that to reflect your group's needs.

Remember that the 5th is a reconstituted battalion with a lot of volunteers being put into the field as the war is turning. The rest of the SDF is locked in brutal battle and then frantic retreat. There isn't time for a lot of orderly promotions and the usual paperworks, but there's also a lot of gaps in the chain of command. There's probably a lot of brevet promotions and the like as needs arise.

Thank you this really helps I'm playing with a bunch of Marines and Navy boys and they've been complaining about wartime promotions since I rp'ed somebody above them dying. In military at least a lieutenant is one of the top brass positions so it'll take me awhile to promote them all the way through the enlisted ranks up until apparently book 5


Most paizo adventure paths expect you to have read the entire book before starting the game. Honestly if you read at least the first part you would have realized that profession Soldier exists and you could have warned the party at game zero. Before we even started the game I told everybody this is a military campaign, you'll be getting missions from a commanding officer, you will be soldiers in an army. I also told him about the bonus themes in the book and so they might want to take up soldiering as a profession. Now in terms of what ability is used for that roll I'm pretty sure it's at the DM's discretion, as you ultimately are the end-all and be-all of this game.


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First time posting. I just started the game with a bunch of first-time players about half of which have military experience. I noticed this game doesn't have a military hierarchy at least not in book 1 yet many ranks of commanding officers are listed. I decided to create my own ranking hierarchy based off the USMC ranks. The only changes I made our changing Brigadier General to Commander Major General to Second Commander General and Lieutenant General to Commander General. I plan on giving promotions throughout Parts 1 2 and 3 ending with a single PC making staff sergeant thus becoming the leader of midnight Squad. Have not purchased or read any of the other parts of this adventure path, does this conflict with anything? Thank you for the help in advance