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That reminds me of Tifa Wayland's early stat block in the Dragonlance adventures. They gave her a heavy frying pan for a weapon that did 1d8 (!) damage.

Also, many NPC's were mid-to-high level PC's as well.

English college engineering students on holiday discover a secret lab in a sub-basement belonging to a physicist only known as "Mr. Cavor" and within, find the formula to Cavorite, a material that negates the force of gravity. Studying Cavor's notes cause their Avatars to Awaken, and they are...

I'd forgotten earlier, but there is an anime that almost justifies an "everyman" concept as a D&D character class, thinking about it. "Handyman Saitou in Another World" has a main character who was a talented, but pretty much regular handyman who is able to ply his knowledge of all things...

Uh no, Scarlet Citadel by Kobold Press. There's some puzzles in the adventure that require you to acquire specific items that kept being tossed in the "loot pile" because they sounded like regular old art objects- a problem in of itself when the puzzle came up (like the one that required an...

Yeah, I think I was just disheartened after completing a mega-dungeon recently. I'd become the group's unofficial treasurer, and negotiating with the DM about the value of the things I'd written down when he hadn't given me gp values was a huge hassle for the both of us (especially for...

Hang on, I have the relevant info on hand!

The D&D comics were awesome, especially with how well they handled notable characters (Alias having to defend the credibility of her infamous armor- "it's enchanted." "Oh I'm sure it is!", and so on) while having an interesting cast- how often do you see a single-classed Dwarven Thief? A...

I used to go all-in describing gems and art objects, taking my inspiration from the tables in 2e's Forgotten Realms Adventures. Love that book. Anyways, I started to notice over the years that it was just taking way too much time for me to describe the treasure, and for the players to write it...

Bringing up Star Wars amuses me. I've played enough Stars Wars games to know that any character without force powers might as well be the everyman hero. You quickly get relegated to "guy who flies the ship" or some other trivial support role. The last time I played SAGA, I had a character who...

A player of mine had a similar argument when they Frightened a monster that was unable to see them due to Invisibility. "I would think they'd be more terrified of not being able to see something they're Frightened of, not less". We've since instituted what I call the "Slasher Houserule"...

They could, however, command you to fall prone, which doesn't even take an action.

Oh, the "No Profession" Profession? I mean, kind of, but it's really more about building a jack of all trades, as I recall. - I don't know about Fighter as an "everyman" per se, but if you have a character concept like "farmboy", "trail guide", "assistant pig farmer", "random modern day...

If characters go down in combat, Healing Word is the most efficient way to get them back up without minimal loss to action economy. If there's no time to take an hour off to recover from a fight, your healing options are pretty limited- potions at 50 gp a pop*, healing magic, or someone with...

I wasn't arguing that point- in that story, both Time Lords were piling on deus ex machinas to fight each other, as is series tradition. Doctor Who fans need to know when to take the story seriously, and not to. Moments of brilliance coexist with moments of sheer lunacy, and it's always been...

Sorry, I guess I shouldn't assume people grok these sorts of terms. I should define narrativium as well: An element that ensures everything runs properly as a story. For example, if a boy has two older brothers, chances are they will go on a quest. The first will be strong, and fail because of...

The Archangel Network, yeah. It's the same kind of applied phlebotinum as the Barber's "web of life and destiny" (I wonder how many people will get that reference, lol). Literally runs on narrativium! Which the show always has. Being annoyed at the ultra-soft "science" of the show becoming...

Or that time Ten went ̶S̶u̶p̶e̶r̶ ̶S̶a̶i̶y̶a̶n̶ supercharged his psychic powers just from having Martha wander around telling stories about him for a year. Hmm...

RE: No Gods in Doctor Who. Now granted, sure, most of the time, the Doctor doesn't face Gods. And what constitutes a God is up for some debate. But sufficiently advanced alien, etc. etc.. Xoanon thought it was a God, as did Rassilon and the Dalek Emperor. Kronos the Chronovore might as...