Discussion

As it stands now, it is possible to switch Caste after you turn 20. This is however a bit strange because Castes aren't just different, they are higher and lower. Anybody would switch to a higher caste if given the chance.

I liked the system better when it was impossible to switch.

I suggest the following:

• A Caste has a certain "height"

• The Royalty Caste -> 1
• Thaumatoligue Caste -> 2
• The 'Diplomats Caste -> 3
• The Scribes Caste -> 4
• The Worker Caste -> 5
• The Warriors Caste -> 6

• If you think you are better suited, you can always take up a profession in a lower Caste (and return when you wish), but not higher.

• People with certain talents are not wasted in their own Caste. Even the lowest Caste (warrior) can make use of all talents. Battlemages with a warrior Caste background are never free. Destined to die in battle eventually. Battlemages from the Thaumatoligue Caste however, recieve a far longer education before going to the front, theirfor recieve higher ranks, are kept out of harms way and are free to leave the militairy if they wish. If you born in the Worker Caste but have a talent for leadership, you will probably fair well as a CEO of some company. If you are born in the Scribe Caste but have a rare talent for magic, you will probably be put to work documenting individual rituals and their effects, or the various flows of the magic mana energy conducts. Breeding lots of warriors for the warrior caste makes no sense if all these elves and fae leave for higher castes.