<p>Actually, my favorite part of this suggestion is the idea of titles influencing how NPCs talk to you. I REALLY like that thought. It would make the world feel so much more alive and make titles feel all that more important.
</p><p>Imagine being [Bard] <span class="insert username">Person</span>, and when people talk to you, they have a chance of saying something like "Ah, a bard. Written any songs recently <span class="insert username">Person</span>?" Or what if having the [Patron] title sometimes resulted in the NPCs saying "I hear you're quiite the patron of the arts. Thank you for helping beautify our world." A bit of an in-universe tongue in cheek way of saying "Thank you for your support."
</p><p>Of course it would also depend on factions. An orc's not too interested in the arts aside from the arts of warfare and torture I'd assume, so their dialogue might be more along the lines of "Write another marching anthem, bard. I'm sick of hearing the same ones," or "I hope your bones are still strong enough to fight, gaffer."
</p><p>It would also be a reason for people to use less difficult to obtain titles. At the moment, they're often just a way of bragging about what you've done. But this way, even in singleplayer, there's a small difference in how people treat you depending on your title, even if it doesn't really affect gameplay.
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