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I doubt that all of the locals are going to see an adventurer as a threat to their wellbeing. Some of them might look up at their... -
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I have run games where what the OP describes is very much the case in many places, but at the same time the history and culture of a...
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While the PC wizard is likely not the only wizard in the world, that doesn't mean that you have to build your NPC wizards using the...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity.I think this is key. The big benefit to this approach is that the NPCs that have genuine warmth and understanding towards the party...
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It's goo for a world to kinda have a healthy mistrust and be uncomfortable with adventures as a kid whole but it also says something...
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if everyone hates them and never changes to the players who act reasonably towards them then there is a problem and it just makes people...
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Adventurers in my Greyhawk are commonly despised for all the reasons the OP lists, but also idolized by the young and poor. Many decide...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity.Bounties would be the answer. Fight fire with fire.
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity.I'm reminded of the drunk Marl in the village of Beregost (BG1) who accosts the adventurers to tell them to get out of town. There's a...
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The novel Perdido Street Station shows a group of adventurers and the way people view them is much like you describe. Well worth a read...
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While true, nobility also often wants to associate with the famous scoundrels of the world. Aristocrats in the real world absolutely...
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I feel adventurers in D&D are a lot like the Magnificent Seven in film. They're not trusted because they're not generally tied down to...
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My groups have always preferred the local celebrity perspective. I actually did try a game decades ago now which had a more episodic...
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Big fan of this take. This also helps give an explanation to the “Mos Eisely Cantina effect.” No one wants to be an adventurer; it’s...