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'''Heraldic code''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] that provides  
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'''Heraldic code''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] that provides characters with knowledge of the design, display and meaning of symbols used by families and kingdoms as evidence of their rank and ancestry.  Characters are able to recognize and assign origins to parts like lozenges, tinctures, fields, charges and much more shown on shields, armour, flags and so on.
  
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As an amateur, the character will know the code for every primary political entity of the world, and for every common profession.  Once the character progresses to an authority in the study, recognition of the code of every secondary region and of every city is added.  Finally, as expert is reached, the character will know the code for hundreds of name-level persons, every one within 500 miles in fact — and this number will expand as the character travels the world.  Since various parts of the world display distinct sorts of code, characters should be able to recognize the approximate region of origin of any sign, even if the sign itself isn't known. 
  
  
The ability permits the character an understanding of the components and rules incorporated into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry#Components_and_rules heraldry], such as the meanings behind [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozenge_(heraldry) lozenge], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry) tincture], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variation_of_the_field variation] and so on. Such knowledge will provide the character with the meanings behind the various symbols, so that the origin and purpose for the incorporation of insignia will be known, even if the actual ownership is not.
 
 
Additionally, this will also allow the character an interpretation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry#National_styles national styles], relating not only to the linked European examples, but identifiers between individual cultures within the megaculture of the character's choosing. The ability is available to amateurs.
 
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See [[Heraldry, Signs & Sigils (sage study)|Heraldry, Signs & Sigils]]
 
See [[Heraldry, Signs & Sigils (sage study)|Heraldry, Signs & Sigils]]
  
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Revision as of 17:01, 11 October 2021

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Heraldic code is an amateur-status sage ability that provides characters with knowledge of the design, display and meaning of symbols used by families and kingdoms as evidence of their rank and ancestry. Characters are able to recognize and assign origins to parts like lozenges, tinctures, fields, charges and much more shown on shields, armour, flags and so on.

As an amateur, the character will know the code for every primary political entity of the world, and for every common profession. Once the character progresses to an authority in the study, recognition of the code of every secondary region and of every city is added. Finally, as expert is reached, the character will know the code for hundreds of name-level persons, every one within 500 miles in fact — and this number will expand as the character travels the world. Since various parts of the world display distinct sorts of code, characters should be able to recognize the approximate region of origin of any sign, even if the sign itself isn't known.


See Heraldry, Signs & Sigils