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Not only should PCs not be exceptional, they shouldn't even be "average" skill level based on the campaign. They should start as...

That certainly isn't true for Aragorn, and questionable for the Shadow at the start of his "PCness."

I feel like there is an excluded middle here. Exceptional does not necessarily mean Superman level. The Shadow is exceptional. So is...

All this. I think people use "sword and sorcery" where they mean "low fantasy" or perhaps "grim and gritty." As you say, pulp fantasy...

I've never understood this distinction. Sword and sorcery characters are, by and large, exceptional people. Conan, Elric, Imaro, Kane...

It depends on the individual campaign, but I like PCs to be exceptional – not necessarily The Chosen Ones, but highly competent people...

I think the responses show that people have their own meanings of "exceptional" that don't tie in with the one you're proposing...

I know, every campaign is different. But, broadly speaking and talking about your personal preferences (so don't @ me with "should"...

I IL some people because of ME as much a them. There are just some posters with whom I have friction, for no discernable reason, and I...

TSR was very much a trial-by-fire sort of workplace, where you were challenged quickly and expected to step up and learn multiple jobs...

I think both of these are sound. I tend to phrase it as "Medium matters. Games are not TV shows are not movies are not books." But...

I love Arkady Renko, and I love that every few years Martin writes another book about him. Time passes, but Arkady reluctantly...

It's great to hear from someone who was there. You're like a living artifact? Did you actually have any qualifications to be an...

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