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A blend of history and myth for the ambience of the setting, protagonists and antagonists driven by epic passions that may or may not be...

Batman's biggest superpower is he was born wealthy, and not just comfortable but preeminently wealthy. That and he apparently has an 18...

Rand al'Thor and Luke Skywalker are just about the worst zero to hero examples one could come up with. They are good at just about...

I think it is more common in modern (post 1970s) epic fantasy for characters to start out as "normal" and grow into power. Rand al'Thor...

And even superheroes fail as well. Doesn't mean they're not exceptional. Is Spider-Man less super because he failed to save Gwen Stacy...

Even Luke isn't a complete N00b. Biggs, who has been to the Imperial Academy and thus been formally trained, and who is competent...

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

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

I mean, I generally prefer my PCs to be experienced people at the start of a campaign, though usually thrust into a new situation. Think...

Obviously the first. The second is a pernicious myth that contributes to “hustle culture” and other societal ills.

I mean, they son’t HAVE to be exceptional, but I’ve never met a person IRL who didn’t want to play as someone special. IRL, not online...

I like the PCs to be exceptional because I like asymmetrical design for RPGs, The PCs should work on a different paradigm to most NPCs...

So I’ve done a bit of this recently, I think I mentioned in another thread. Three groups over the last year or so. Mainly so I get do be...

I think I was fortunate with the group I started GMing for in this regard. A group of three of us came together to play together. It was...

This might be a little bit of a weird question, so bear with me. If you had to compare your preferred way of running or playing in a...