User:Unwin/coh ranks

Founder

Arch Cleric 0/75/15 Oversees the entire church on a continent

Grand Ecclesiast 0/75/15 Appointed priest in charge of a particular continent/Curacy

Grand Cleric 0/50/0 Appointed priest in charge of a particular country/See

Grand Chancellor 0/50/0 Appointed partisan in charge of a particular country/See should there be no qualified priests

Grand Templar 0/50/0 Appointed commander of the Templar Order

Grand Partisan 0/50/0 Appointed representative of the Partisan Order.

High Cleric 0/0/0 A respected expert priest

Templar Marshal 0/25/0 Second in command of the Knights Templar

High Partisan 40/-20/60 A respected expert of the faith.

Cleric 0/0/0 A fully trained priest.

Knight Templar 0/0/0 A fully dedicated knight of the faith.

Partisan 20/-10/30 An educated Full Member.

Neophyte 0/0/15 A new priest with much to learn.

Templar Initiate 0/1/100 A warrior who dedicates his sword to the Church but is still in training.

Novice 0/-5/15 A new Full member with much to learn.

Apostate 10/-5/15 An established noble member of the faith

Believer 5/-1/4 An established member of the faith

Initiate 1/0/3 A new member of the faith

All members of the Church fall under one of three Orders. The core of the faith consists of the Partisan Order. The Partisans are the devout faithful who chose not to be Templars or Priests. The Templar Order is the Church's warrior order and consists of members who have chosen to fight on behalf of the church as necessary. The last order is the Priesthood which consists of all the priests of the Church.

Members can chose to change from order to order as they desire and will retain the highest rank they have achieved or it's equivalent in other orders - unless that rank has only a limited number of positions. In this case the highest possible rank is given.

This means that a High Cleric or High Partisan can not join the Templar Order and automatically become the Templar Marshal as only one person can be the Templar Marshal and they are chosen by the Grand Templar. In this cast the High Cleric or High Partisan would become a Knight Templar. Likewise should the Grand Templar chose to become a priest, they would become a High Cleric as there is a limited number of Grand Clerics and they are chosen by the Arch Cleric.