Jonathan Perrine Yeah. But will every character that’s old as heck be a higher rank? Will every healer be a higher rank?

A battle-scarred character is probably going to be experienced at fighting. There might be unusual reasons why you “misread” that clue.

A healer with the right gear is probably going to be experienced at healing. A non-healer might not be able to recognise if they have “the right gear” or just “healing stuff”, or a thief who stole from a good healer might have that gear and you “misread” the clue, etc.

But I think systems where an attribute may apply to the mechanics, or might not, gets confusing. Are those battle scars indicative of a high rank, or just indicative of someone being fictionally descriptive? In this game, do the two go together or not?