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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8793940" data-attributes="member: 6790260">[SPOILER]Is it the Quiet Everyman? Or is it the Cliche Milquetoast? Because I definitely feel like it's the latter, which is why it doesn't get the spotlight. &quot;Quiet Everyman&quot; implies that the thing is necessarily appealing, that it actually speaks to most people and is a true unifier, people just happen to overlook it in their search for something dramatic. Instead, I find the winner tends to be the thing which recoils from ever making a strong statement about anything at all. Hence why the Druid came down to Land and Shepherd, Barbarian to Ancestors vs Totem which are basically the same thing in fluff terms, and why Lore Bard won with a ridiculous 33 points over the much more interesting, but also more focused, College of Eloquence.It's not just a matter of being a reliable workhorse. Several reliable-workhorse options died quick deaths (e.g. Champion Fighter, Berserker Barbarian, to a certain extent Life Cleric--it wasn't an &quot;early&quot; kill but it died well before several more esoteric options.) It's that a thing needs to avoid standing out in any way at all. A smooth surface that catches no attention. Less &quot;do your job and do it well, even if you don't get rewarded for it,&quot; and more &quot;do whatever it takes to avoid ever offending anyone, no matter what.&quot; Because who cares about doing anything actually interesting, as long as you avoid doing anything that might possibly upset anyone ever?[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8793940, member: 6790260"] [SPOILER] Is it the Quiet Everyman? Or is it the Cliche Milquetoast? Because I definitely feel like it's the latter, which is [I]why[/I] it doesn't get the spotlight. "Quiet Everyman" implies that the thing is necessarily [I]appealing[/I], that it actually speaks to most people and is a true unifier, people just happen to overlook it in their search for something dramatic. Instead, I find the winner tends to be the thing which [I]recoils[/I] from ever making a strong statement about anything at all. Hence why the Druid came down to Land and Shepherd, Barbarian to Ancestors vs Totem which are basically the same thing in fluff terms, and why Lore Bard won with a [I]ridiculous[/I] 33 points over the much more interesting, but also more focused, College of Eloquence. It's not just a matter of being a reliable workhorse. Several reliable-workhorse options died quick deaths (e.g. Champion Fighter, Berserker Barbarian, to a certain extent Life Cleric--it wasn't an "early" kill but it died well before several more esoteric options.) It's that a thing needs to avoid [I]standing out[/I] in any way at all. A smooth surface that catches no attention. Less "do your job and do it well, even if you don't get rewarded for it," and more "do whatever it takes to avoid ever offending anyone, no matter what." Because who cares about doing anything actually interesting, as long as you avoid doing anything that might possibly upset anyone ever?[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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