Adventurer Profession
Subject: Adventurer Career: Operational & Recruitment Overview
File ID: ID:PROF-ADV-GEN-7729104
Issuing Authority: Dryzor Corp. - Workforce & Asset Procurement Division
Document Category: Career Profiles: Regulated Professions: Adventurer Analysis
Security Classification: Level 2: Regulated Access
Introductory Overview: The Adventuring profession is a vital and immensely flexible career path, essential to the continued function and prosperity of modern civilized society. Adventurers are specialized, registered professionals drawn from all Sophic species and social strata, from the lowest commoner to the highest noble. They are contracted for a diverse range of critical tasks that fall outside the purview of standard civic or military forces, including hazardous pest extermination, protective escort duty, resource collection from dangerous sites, and tracking missing persons. By undertaking these necessary risks, Adventurers play a foundational role in enabling societal progress and security.
Section: The Adventurer Classification System To ensure operational effectiveness, all registered Adventurers are assigned a Class, a specialized skill set analogous to a professional trade. Classes are broadly categorized as Martial (non-magical combat specialists), Mage (practitioners of magic), or Manifold (hybrids of martial and magical ability). For group operations, Adventurers typically form Lances, with individuals filling one of four primary roles to maximize efficiency: Shield (primary defender/tank), Support (healer, trapper, buffer), Saber (primary damage dealer), and Slinger (ranged attacker, often magical). An Adventurer's Class determines their suitability for these roles, creating cohesive and versatile teams.
Section: The Adventurer Classification System To ensure operational effectiveness, all registered Adventurers are assigned a Class, a specialized skill set analogous to a professional trade. Classes are broadly categorized as Martial (non-magical combat specialists), Mage (practitioners of magic), or Manifold (hybrids of martial and magical ability). For group operations, Adventurers typically form Lances, with individuals filling one of four primary roles to maximize efficiency: Shield (primary defender/tank), Support (healer, trapper, buffer), Saber (primary damage dealer), and Slinger (ranged attacker, often magical). An Adventurer's Class determines their suitability for these roles, creating cohesive and versatile teams.
Section: The Adventuring Society Operations Bureau (ASOB) The ASOB is the global body that supports and regulates the Adventurer community, with offices in most major cities. The Bureau registers all official guilds, conducts regular audits to ensure professional standards are met, and provides critical support services. These services include purchasing collected resources at reasonable prices, selling supplies at a discount, retaining craftsmen for equipment repair, and providing legal defense for Adventurers in cases of unjust litigation or contract disputes, such as failure-to-pay.
File ID: ID:PROF-ADV-GEN-7729104
Issuing Authority: Dryzor Corp. - Workforce & Asset Procurement Division
Document Category: Career Profiles: Regulated Professions: Adventurer Analysis
Security Classification: Level 2: Regulated Access
Introductory Overview: The Adventuring profession is a vital and immensely flexible career path, essential to the continued function and prosperity of modern civilized society. Adventurers are specialized, registered professionals drawn from all Sophic species and social strata, from the lowest commoner to the highest noble. They are contracted for a diverse range of critical tasks that fall outside the purview of standard civic or military forces, including hazardous pest extermination, protective escort duty, resource collection from dangerous sites, and tracking missing persons. By undertaking these necessary risks, Adventurers play a foundational role in enabling societal progress and security.
//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... Karckess on the fine print. //>_ 'Bettering the world,' they say. And sure, some do. But don't mistake this for a charity. Adventurers get special rights and privileges others don't, and that power is a magnet for grifters, thugs, and spies. A registered Adventurer can smuggle goods, get into places they shouldn't on flimsy pretexts, and point the law at innocent people with a well-told lie. They say the ones who abuse this get punished harshly, and they do... when they get caught. A lot of them don't.
Section: The Adventurer Classification System To ensure operational effectiveness, all registered Adventurers are assigned a Class, a specialized skill set analogous to a professional trade. Classes are broadly categorized as Martial (non-magical combat specialists), Mage (practitioners of magic), or Manifold (hybrids of martial and magical ability). For group operations, Adventurers typically form Lances, with individuals filling one of four primary roles to maximize efficiency: Shield (primary defender/tank), Support (healer, trapper, buffer), Saber (primary damage dealer), and Slinger (ranged attacker, often magical). An Adventurer's Class determines their suitability for these roles, creating cohesive and versatile teams.
Section: The Adventurer Classification System To ensure operational effectiveness, all registered Adventurers are assigned a Class, a specialized skill set analogous to a professional trade. Classes are broadly categorized as Martial (non-magical combat specialists), Mage (practitioners of magic), or Manifold (hybrids of martial and magical ability). For group operations, Adventurers typically form Lances, with individuals filling one of four primary roles to maximize efficiency: Shield (primary defender/tank), Support (healer, trapper, buffer), Saber (primary damage dealer), and Slinger (ranged attacker, often magical). An Adventurer's Class determines their suitability for these roles, creating cohesive and versatile teams.
Section: The Adventuring Society Operations Bureau (ASOB) The ASOB is the global body that supports and regulates the Adventurer community, with offices in most major cities. The Bureau registers all official guilds, conducts regular audits to ensure professional standards are met, and provides critical support services. These services include purchasing collected resources at reasonable prices, selling supplies at a discount, retaining craftsmen for equipment repair, and providing legal defense for Adventurers in cases of unjust litigation or contract disputes, such as failure-to-pay.
//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... Karckess on the ASOB's 'support'. //>_ The ASOB's main job is managing its assets – that's you. A few things the recruitment posters leave out: First, not every town likes Adventurers. If you roll into a new place and can't find an ASOB office, it's a good sign to get gone, 'cause the local law probably won't help you if things go south. Second, if you or your guild screw up enough to get fined three times, you're not just disbanded; punishment for serious infractions can mean prison or a quiet execution. Third, that 'legal aid'? It's bottom-barrel. Their only goal is to keep you out of jail so you can keep working and making them money. If your case gets too messy, expect a 'punishment quest' – it'll be called an 'Official ASOB Quest Request,' but check the fine print for the word 'Mandatory.'
Career
Career Progression
An Adventurer's career progression is tracked via a tiered ranking system. An individual advances through six Tier Ranks (Novitiate, Apprentice, Journeyman, Advanced, Elite, Master) and five Subranks within each tier (Copper, Silver, Gold, Mythril, Adamantine). The combination of these ranks, from Copper Novitiate to Adamantine Master, serves as a clear indicator of an Adventurer's experience and proven capabilities.
//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... Karckess on the top of the ladder. //>_ Adamantine Master isn't the true top of the food chain. There's another rank above it, one they don't advertise: 'Sage.' These individuals are legends, so powerful they're said to be magically bound by deific forces from acting unless the world is literally ending. Finding one is next to impossible unless they want you to. They're the real grandmasters, hidden from the rank-and-file.
Other Benefits
Registered Adventurers gain access to numerous benefits that increase with rank. General benefits include simplified border crossings and permission to carry otherwise restricted items (with proper documentation). The ASOB provides economic stability by buying adventurer-gathered resources and selling rare materials back at a discount. Specific benefits for Casters include materials for their initial Spell Focus and access to the ASOB's universal spell libraries. Martial classes receive additional discounts on equipment repairs and have unlimited access to training partners of equal or higher rank. Manifold classes receive a combination of these benefits. Upon reaching Master rank, an adventurer can earn passive income from training students.
//>_ Hacker_Override_Initiated... Karckess on the 'benefits' package. //>_ That whole system of buying your monster parts and selling you back gear? It's a fly trap designed to keep you hooked into their ecosystem, always taking their quests and relying on their supply chain. The more you work, the more they profit. That 'free Spell Focus' loan for casters? High-interest. They collect payment every time you turn in a quest, because they know you might not live long enough to make monthly payments. And the passive income for Masters? It's created a system where many high-rankers only take on students who will earn them the biggest cut, ignoring newbies. It's all business.
Perception
Social Status
Varies wildly; can be revered celebrities or distrusted thugs depending on location, actions, and individual prejudice.
Demographics
Open to all Sophic species and even some vetted Bellicose individuals, from all social strata and geographical locations.
Operations
Workplace
Adventurers primarily work in the field. This includes uncivilized wilds, treacherous ruins, established cities and villages, and potentially extra-planar locations.
Provided Services
Core services include monster slaying, civilian protection, artifact and relic retrieval, criminal investigation, and high-value target escort, among other contracted tasks.
Dangers & Hazards
Include attacks from beasts and bandits, environmental and trap hazards, and potential threats from powerful entities.
Now, I won't tell you not to go joining the Adder ranks. These people are definitely needed to keep this mad parade we call civilization rolling. But ya'll need to remember that you're on a leash held by powerful people. And that collar, it's an executioner's collar, primed to take your head.
Alternative Names
Aver(s), Adder(s), Tomb Toppler(s), Delver(s)
Demand
High/Critical, integral to the protection and expansion of civilization
Legality
The profession is legal, and registered adventurers are granted a degree of legal authority that is respected across most national borders.
Note: Anogwin is a work in progress and subject to change. Things might be a little janky, but let me know in the comments if something is wrong.
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