In reality there would be several thousand commoners (refiners, smelters, farmers, masons) to ever 1 adventurer... I say for hell yes... make some really really good famous farmers... Everyone in cordor watns farmer joes corn blahblahblah..

That sort of thing.

Their own brand of wine and sorts, etc ya know

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The Peacock wrote:

[GreatPigeon] is better than me.

I don't have any issue with it, I just wouldn't do it myself. (Typically because I don't spend the time I used to playing Amia)

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I play: Gage le Gris
Socially and recently politically Inept Knight of Xymor

I use the jobs system with my characters and I quite like it. In fact, for one of my characters, her "job" presented quite some challenges.

I would not mind at all having a character specializing in a job field like mining, gem cutting or, for that matter, preaching.

The problem is to be any good at a job requires adventurer levels -- and quite a few of them.

Changing the job system to be self sustaining (meaning, EXP earned in jobs would earn job points rather than adventure levels earning job points) I think would be waaay too much code work and balance testing for the return.

But it would be a very fun addition.

The Jobs system as it is functions well. And it fulfills its intended role well -- to suppliment and round an adventurer and supply a more rich world to RP around.

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Active Characters on Amia:
Melf Smyt (Red Cloak)
Corrin Kaliil (Red Cloak)
Aarc Lyyons (Woodsman)

I dunno but, why is it alright to gain ALL your xp from hunting but not from the job system (granted they at least RPed the jobs accordingly).

I have a character that gained more than half his lvls from the job system and even though at first he was harvesting eggs from chickens (since he is a hin and it was either that or orcharder), he complained all the time about spending all day harvesting eggs but i still RPed it, including physically going to the orphange to deliver like 150 eggs after someone purchased them to be donated... then he got like 5 more lvls hunting, then switched jobs to shepard/ weaver/ tailor and gained his last lvls that way but now has become a full time tailor, even selling several outfits for alot of different people. Even eventually adding market gardener just to grow cotton to expand his choice of materials.

And why is taking a job with no reward a waste at epic lvls? What reward could you possibly need at epic lvl anyhow, but the reward of the RP of being a master militia or towncrier or whatever it may be?

lol thanks for starting this post, It reminded me that I have a lvl 4 or so char that doesnt have any jobs yet

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Keelah Se'lai

My dwarf RPs most of her time as a stonemason, and probably got a good chunk of her xp from it. Now, it's where all her money is coming from - filling quarrying contracts In fact, it's given me ideas for further RP with it.

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2009's Second Most Overall Contributing Player

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I myself play a carpenter *points to signature* who started up his own business, and is constantly looking for the more rare trees (finally found a damned oak tree. Now just gotta find cedar and yew trees) and to get a hold of textiles (I found a PC merchant or two for these) for beds and couches and metal ingots (It should be easier to find smelters, but apparently, in my most recent searches, this is not so) for the fancy stuff like mirrors, thrones, and Drow furniture.

I would LOVE a carpenter's guild and a metalworker's guild so that Sergey's business can actually expand; it's hard to expand if you can't find the materials you can't collect or get a hold of.

Now, for the subject of making low level characters to just be crafters, smiths, etc. I personally would enjoy this so that the (inflated) Amian economy could get a boost and see some more jobs that the 'adventuring PCs' would take. In fact, I had the idea of making a Town Crier lowbie-PC because, frankly, I don't think there ARE any Town Crier PCs. I'm sure the several businesses, guilds, people, and factions would love to get their messages out to the Amian masses.

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Leonid Sergey - Manager of the Crafting Branch, Copper Industries
Valignatir Xarzith 'Burning Ice' - Kobold Cleric of Istishia
Gideon Krauss - Lucky dirt-poor pauper