[quote=@Dead Cruiser]
Would a player character necessarily have to be a ranked adventurer? I have a concept in mind for a character that is strong and experienced, but is more an agent of a church or similar organization than an adventurer's guild.
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Characters don't [i]necessarily[/i] have to be an adventurer, but it would be a lot harder on you if they weren't. Considering how all it takes to become an adventurer is walking into any guild hall, asking to be an adventurer, getting slightly stabbed, and $20, there's not much reason to not become an adventurer. Being a D-ranked (entry level) adventurer has practically no commitments besides telling them that you haven't died. In fact, you could still be an agent of a church and be an adventurer. A certain legend who secludes himself is a high ranking member of Sirris' government... But generally, unless you want to fund literally every mission that a party would go on, you would end up turning into a recurring character that pops up and out.

Of course, you can always start out as unlicensed and become an adventurer in the first chapter. But try not to do that. You'd be crimping my style if you did.

[quote=@Nightknight]
[@Conscripts] Its like you read my mind or something. I was going to make a very similar character, I was even going to call him Alexander! Oh well, that just means I can chart a course for a new direction. Uncanny though. 
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but what about punch mage