Ranks and Levels
As you progress through your training and rise through the ranks of the Final Sith Order, you will periodically level up; as you do, your power will grow. This is represented by gaining more points to spend on Force powers every time you earn a new level.
Our system has 10 levels, with each level corresponding to a specified rank. Your rank must correlate directly with your level—only in special cases, such as a former Dark Councilor returning to the rank of Lord, does a person's level not match their rank.
RANKS AND LEVELS
Level 1 – Acolyte / Apprentice (10 points)
Level 2 – Apprentice (15 points)
Level 3 – Apprentice (20 points)
Level 4 – Knight (30 points)
Level 5 – Knight (40 points)
Level 6 – Master (60 points)
Level 7 – Lord (80 points)
Level 8 – Dark Lord / Triumvir (100 points)
Level 9 – Special Appointment (150 points)
Level 10 – Empress of the Sith (250 points)
WHEN DO I LEVEL UP?
When you first join the Final Sith Order, you are assigned Level 1; when you are apprenticed to a Master, your level does not increase.
Levels 2 and 3 are assigned at your Master's discretion throughout your training. I recommend to Masters that they level up their apprentices roughly one-third and two-thirds of the way through their training.
Upon graduation from training, you are promoted to Knight, and are awarded Level 4.
Knights remain Level 4 until they take on their first apprentice, at which point they are awarded Level 5.
After graduating their first apprentice, Knights are promoted to Master, are granted Level 6, and may take their Darth name. This is often the highest rank and level a member of the Final Sith Order can hope to achieve.
The rank of Lord is awarded only to deserving FSO members with outstanding achievements or long-standing histories with the Order. If you are to receive this special honor, you are granted Level 7.
Earning a seat on the Dark Council can elevate you to either Level 7 or Level 8; Level 7 if you are of Knight rank or below at the time of your elevation, or Level 8 if you are of Master rank or higher. For a Level 7 Councilor to level up to Level 8, they must complete the training of an apprentice, same as if they were still a Knight.
Level 9 is now awarded by special appointment only, reserved for members with phenomenal contributions to the Order, for members who previously achieved an equivalent level in previous iterations of this group and its various RPGs, or for members who achieved this level by ascending to the now-defunct role of Tetrarch.
Level 10 is reserved only for the reigning Sith'Ari of the Sith Empire, and for previous rulers.
The Final Sith Order's combat system relies primarily on what we call the "honor system"—meaning that our combat is based on comparing each player's points in applicable skills, and taking actions or damage based on context, point differences, Game Master recommendation, etc. We expect our players to be flexible, realistic, and good sports.
The points listed alongside the levels above are spent on Force powers and lightsaber combat forms; the higher number of points sunk into a power, the stronger the player is in that skill.
SKILL POINT LIMITATIONS
Skills may not be increased to 2 until character is Level 3. Skills may not be increased to 3 until character is Level 5. Skills may not be increased to 4 until character is Level 7. Skills may not be increased to 5 until character is Level 9.
All Godlike powers are level-locked, and all cost 10 points.
Skill Point Degrees of Proficiency
0 – Ability not known. The player cannot use this Skill, and does not need to list this Skill in the Skills section of their Character Sheet.
1 – Novice. The player is able to use the Skill at a low degree of proficiency, approximately equivalent to that of a Sith Acolyte or Jedi Padawan just beginning their training.
2 – Intermediate. The player is able to use the Skill with some degree of proficiency, approximately equivalent to that of a Sith Apprentice or Dark Jedi with moderate training, such as Kylo Ren from the new canon.
3 – Advanced. The player is able to use the Skill with advanced proficiency, approximately equivalent to the proficiency of Darth Vader and Darth Tyranus within the films and the Legends Expanded Universe in their preferred feats.
4 – Master. The player is able to use the Skill with masterful proficiency, approximately equivalent to the proficiency of Emperor Palpatine within the Legends Expanded Universe in most feats.
5 – Grand Master. The player is able to use the Skill with ultimate proficiency, approximately representing a gestalt of the most powerful and extreme examples of the feat in Legends Expanded Universe lore.
A comprehensive list of Force Powers for Dark Side users can be found in the Sith Academy subforum.