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So I've had this idea for a while of a gag to run in-game. A University for associates of villains and heroes, with degrees available according to desired rank. The problem I'm running into is classifying different ranks of subordinate/associate. I was thinking that each one might be a different sub-school within the university, with the associated rivalries and such, and each one holds a very clear place in the hierarchy. Kinda like how in older large estates, there was a very clear hierarchy among the servant body, with each level answering to the level above until you reached the head butler or some such. Different ranks that I'm thinking of are:
- thug
- grunt
- henchman
- minion
- cohort
- mook
- Igor
- lieutenant
- acolyte
- follower
Any thoughts on organization? Igor and lieutenant obviously pan out to higher ranks, but what about the underlings?
Ah, but you need to have DIFFERENT title ladders for different fields of work. Universities are ancient, odd structures with infinite potential for weird decisions, competing/parallel responsibilities, convoluted chains of command, and so on.
Red shirt and cannon fodder.
Ah, but you need to have DIFFERENT title ladders for different fields of work. Universities are ancient, odd structures with infinite potential for weird decisions, competing/parallel responsibilities, convoluted chains of command, and so on.
So for example- have different kinds of roles, then multiple positions of authority under those roles?
Example: Cultist - Degree for 'magical assistant and/or coven member'
Positions (highest authority to lowest): Master, Adept, Apprentice, Initiate
Maybe have it be like 'freshmen, sophmore, junior, senior' in college where you 'graduate' from one to the next?
Possible roles: red shirt (goon type), technology oriented assistant, command support (the guys who help run the organization behind the scenes), biology oriented assitant...
Basically just think of all the different kinds of villains there are and imagine the guy who helps him.