Forgotten Tales

If you're concerned about thieves, just allow any member to store stuff, but only Duke or Lord can retrieve it when asked by the member.

In my previous MMORPG (Parallel Kingdom) the King could specify which members had permissions to access gold, or storage, or building and upgrading, etc. Each permission was separate. All members could contribute gold or put items and materials in the warehouse. Only specified members could take stuff out. The default permission was that only the King could take stuff out, build, etc.

Spies will always be a problem, but all they could do is pass info to enemies, rather than steal or damage things.

Thieves aren't my main concern but having an initiate ranking could reduce those incidences (if initiates can't access storage)....the main concern is having to hqve all clanmates ranked as marshal or higher if they want to build alone because they can recruit new members without permission

I believe marshals should not be able to invite new members. I believe that only Lords or Dukes should be able to invite. Besides, why not wait for a Lord or Duke to invite a new member? What's the hurry? Patience may help avoid inviting the wrong people into the clan.