Lean into that trope and play it ironically, especially with a name like xDarkHeart69x and it's fantastic.My family was killed and I was powerless to stop it. Now I'm an angsty loner with no feelings and an unquenchable desire to kill everything I encounter. Even though I'm a loner, I'm going to hang out with this group of random people. I say offensive things because that's what I, the character, would do.
Those are minimum 5th level quests up there.Seriously, are there no quest-givers with rats in their attic??
It's not the size of the trope it's how you use it. At least that's what I keep hearing. Though I understand why someone might be sick of a particular trope, for the most part I don't see them as good or bad. It's how you use them that makes things interesting. Even a rescue the princess adventure can be fun.I think rather than avoiding tropes or trying to reinvent the wheel, often the best thing to do is lean into them hard and make fun of them in clever ways.
Let's be fair. We're playing out an adolescent power fantasy here. I don't know if I really need to get into the complexities of factions, goals, and the loss of leadership.If you just kill the evil leader, the whole conflict consuming the kingdom or the continent will immediately solve itself.
If we're using that bar, then everything in this thread can easily jump over it.Let's be fair. We're playing out an adolescent power fantasy here. I don't know if I really need to get into the complexities of factions, goals, and the loss of leadership.
If you just kill the evil leader, the whole conflict consuming the kingdom or the continent will immediately solve itself.