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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 4154490" data-attributes="member: 54364"><p><strong>and I just keep on talking....</strong></p><p></p><p>The Chosen One. Ooh, mystic.</p><p></p><p>In games I've never had this problem. They're group experiences and the whole group takes part. The spot light moves around. Once or twice over the years I've had players come to me with an idea to play a Chosen One but I've turned them down. Just don't like the idea of making everyone else at the table second banana to one player. So no CHosen Ones. I also don't like having NPC ones as I do like the PCs to be the heroes. If there is a Chosen One it will be some way off; something that may or may not impact on the game later.</p><p></p><p>In literature it's different. It's easier for a reader to identify with one character rather than a whole bunch of them. It's also easier for a writer to use one character as the driving force of the narrative. Combined in a fantasy setting, with the addition of an actual and active Fate, you have Chosen Ones. In a western you get the same thing in that there's only one man (and usually it is a man) for the job of driving off the banditos/indians/sod-busters/whatever. It's just that there's no mystic element so no-one is Chosen, he does it by virtue of being a Man and standing up for himself/others/doing what needs to be done/whatever.</p><p></p><p>One way to avoid Chosen Ones (I love this as a plural) is to avoid bringing up the big anthropomorphications: Fate, the Gods, that lot. The Chosen One may merely be hearing voices. Or of course they may actually be Chosen but the Gods are hidden (because without Faith where's the point?) and everyone thinks the Chosen One is just a nut job. </p><p></p><p>Oooh just had a thought. Might just be me but I always tend to think of 'The Chosen One' as referring to a good guy. But isn't the BBEG, sitting in his/her castle of black basalt and trying to bring darkness and misery to the world every bit as Chosen as the Young Woman/Man who, with a fraction of the resources and experience, will inevitably thwart them? An Evil Chosen One could give an interesting spin on the whole "refusing the call" bit too.</p><p></p><p>burnt out, will have to come back to this later.</p><p>cheers all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 4154490, member: 54364"] [b]and I just keep on talking....[/b] The Chosen One. Ooh, mystic. In games I've never had this problem. They're group experiences and the whole group takes part. The spot light moves around. Once or twice over the years I've had players come to me with an idea to play a Chosen One but I've turned them down. Just don't like the idea of making everyone else at the table second banana to one player. So no CHosen Ones. I also don't like having NPC ones as I do like the PCs to be the heroes. If there is a Chosen One it will be some way off; something that may or may not impact on the game later. In literature it's different. It's easier for a reader to identify with one character rather than a whole bunch of them. It's also easier for a writer to use one character as the driving force of the narrative. Combined in a fantasy setting, with the addition of an actual and active Fate, you have Chosen Ones. In a western you get the same thing in that there's only one man (and usually it is a man) for the job of driving off the banditos/indians/sod-busters/whatever. It's just that there's no mystic element so no-one is Chosen, he does it by virtue of being a Man and standing up for himself/others/doing what needs to be done/whatever. One way to avoid Chosen Ones (I love this as a plural) is to avoid bringing up the big anthropomorphications: Fate, the Gods, that lot. The Chosen One may merely be hearing voices. Or of course they may actually be Chosen but the Gods are hidden (because without Faith where's the point?) and everyone thinks the Chosen One is just a nut job. Oooh just had a thought. Might just be me but I always tend to think of 'The Chosen One' as referring to a good guy. But isn't the BBEG, sitting in his/her castle of black basalt and trying to bring darkness and misery to the world every bit as Chosen as the Young Woman/Man who, with a fraction of the resources and experience, will inevitably thwart them? An Evil Chosen One could give an interesting spin on the whole "refusing the call" bit too. burnt out, will have to come back to this later. cheers all. [/QUOTE]
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