Okay, here I have to be a bit contrarian -- I'm not overfond of the idea
of having lots of Baronial Champions of Foo. While it *is* a way to
recognize an art, I find that it tends to get a bit bland if you overuse
it. One Baronial Champion is cool; three is fine; ten is really boring.
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In general, the Society doesn't explore the alternative ways of
recognizing Good Stuff nearly enough. I suspect that this is something
Caitlin and I would play with -- we're both fond of seeing more variety
in recognitions. (Even a different term can help -- I vastly prefer to
think of the "Royal Bards", rather than "Bardic Champions".)
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I do think that TW has reached a point where it's worth getting a bit of
particular recognition, but I think it's worth spending some time and
seeing if we can come up with a recognition that's more distinctive to
that particular form than just another Champion. Don't know offhand what
that might be, but I'd love to talk with folks about it...
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Bear in mind that this isn't anything against TW, and shouldn't be
interpreted as a desire to see anything "better" or "worse" for that as
opposed to any other martial art. It's mainly a desire to see each art
get something a bit *different*, and appropriate to that art...
