Final graduation ceremony

[Liam Warner]

I'm watching an eastern movie at the moment about a group of assasins and the final graduation ceremony for them got me thinking about how the various classes could progress from apprentice/squire to level 1 and start their adventuring career. So I invite people to post their ideas of how the different classes all graduate.

Here's the ideas I've got so far.

Barbarian
Tribal rite of passage into warrior hood. Go out into the surrounding wilderness with minimal equipment and slay a suitable trophy e.g. a particuarly dangerous wolf.

Cleric
Pass the night in prayer and meditation at your gods altar, or day depending on race/religion.

Paladin
A clash of arms against an experienced paladin to prove your skills.

Ninja
Pair up with the person you like best in your group and fight to the death. Winner becomes a ninja, loser well they die. Alternatively your given a target to assasinate, steal, sabotage.

The others tend to be a bit too open for me to pin down one solitary type of graduation ceremony.

[Lathiira]

Ranger: track, stalk, and take down a particularly dangerous opponent. Your wolf, for example.

Wizard: successfully cast several first level spells in succession from different schools. Then activate a couple wands of wizardly spells.

Bard: if you still have performance abilities, entertain a crowd with them.

[Majuba]

Druid: predict the weather for the next week (in a volatile climate) to choose from very limited supplies to survive alone in the wilderness (perhaps just one out of a pack of food, a knife, or a coat).

Fighter: Obstacle course with live and dummy opponents for both melee and ranged combat, then a duel with your master to demonstrate expertise with your combat feat.

Monk: I think this would entirely depend on the Order. Could be something as straightforward as having every surface in the monastery be freshly swept at the same time. Or you know, paint the fence, wax all the cars in the lot, and catch a fly with chopsticks.

Rogue: Infiltrate a guarded noble's mansion and steal a silver spoon. Can be at night through stealth, during the day through a clever lie or disguise, or whatever means the rogue comes up with.

Sorcerer: Sorcerers are drop outs. They get to watch the Wizard's graduation.

[blahpers]

Liam Warner wrote:

Paladin

A clash of arms against an experienced paladin to prove your skills.

Yo Liam, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Final Fantasy IV had one of the best Paladin final tests of all time...OF ALL TIME!

[Lilith]

blahpers wrote:

Liam Warner wrote:

Paladin

A clash of arms against an experienced paladin to prove your skills.

Yo Liam, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Final Fantasy IV had one of the best Paladin final tests of all time...OF ALL TIME!

It really was...

[Liam Warner]

blahpers wrote:

Liam Warner wrote:

Paladin

A clash of arms against an experienced paladin to prove your skills.

Yo Liam, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Final Fantasy IV had one of the best Paladin final tests of all time...OF ALL TIME!

I was thinking more Paksenarion and the way the girdish order had their formalized show of arms against two masters. Never played FFIV care to share the final test from that?

@Majuba
I was actually going to post a monk test of conducting a complex kata in super slow motion to show control over your own body and the teachings of your order but I do like your idea of having every surface clean at the same time.