{"id":573,"date":"2017-12-04T21:23:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countlessworlds.org\/vanquished\/?p=573"},"modified":"2017-12-04T21:23:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:23:17","slug":"ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countlessworlds.org\/vanquished\/2017\/12\/04\/ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"tablepress-4-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-4\">VI Ranks<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-4\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-4\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-4-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Rank<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Trainee<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">One action per turn allowed, 5 action points. 10 hit points. Defense is 60. Shorthand: 1\/5\/10\/60+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Veteran<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">One action per turn allowed, 5 action points. 15 hit points. Defense is 55. Shorthand: 1\/5\/15\/55+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Expert<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 2 actions per turn. 10 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 20 hit points. Defense 50. Shorthand: 2\/10\/20\/50+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Exemplar<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 2 actions per turn. 10 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 20 hit points. Defense 45. Shorthand: 2\/10\/20\/45+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Paragon<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 2 actions per turn. 10 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 25 hit points. Defense 45. Shorthand: 2\/10\/25\/45+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Adept<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 2 actions per turn. 10 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 25 hit points. Defense 40. Shorthand: 2\/10\/25\/40+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Legend<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 3 actions per turn. 15 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 30 hit points. Defense 40. Shorthand: 3\/15\/30\/40+<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Magister<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 3 actions per turn. 15 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 30 hit points. Defense 40. Shorthand: 3\/15\/30\/40+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Head of House<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 3 actions per turn. 15 action points per turn (or 5 action points per action). 35 hit points. Defense 35. Shorthand: 3\/15\/35\/35+<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Guild Leader<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Up to 3 actions per turn. 18 action points per turn (or 6 action points per action). 40 hit points. Defense 30. 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The original post gives much more detail. Feel free to bookmark this page to call it to hand instantly when you need it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Interest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Interest","link":"https:\/\/countlessworlds.org\/vanquished\/category\/general-interest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":408,"url":"https:\/\/countlessworlds.org\/vanquished\/2017\/02\/15\/sample-opponents-quick-reference\/","url_meta":{"origin":573,"position":1},"title":"Sample Opponents Quick Reference","author":"Illuminatus","date":"February 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a single source for all the sample opponents published so far. You can view the full writeup by visiting the page they were originally published. SO = Sample Opponents S&ST = Starships and Space Threats PS = Pirates of the Scarlet Chorus (otherwise known as pirate scum). 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