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Message: <blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1711851" data-attributes="member: 16581">My take is this:Adventurers are like Football Players.For every pro NFL football player there are hundreds in "lesser" leagues (AFL, Europe etc), and for each of those there are hundreds in college, and for each of those there are hundreds who play high school football.Most adventurers never get past the "high school football" level.  They either die (think of all stories you've heard about TPK's and partial party kills) or discover that they simply aren't good enough to get to the next level.  These guys adventure for a couple years (if they are lucky and don't die) and settle in to be a town guard or perhaps own a piece of land if they got lucky with treasure.Even at the higher levels (ie playing at a semi-professional level), many adventurers can "get the job done" as long as it's not too challenging, but they simply still don't have the strength, intelligence, or skill needed to play at the highest levels.  They have some amount of skill that your normal person doesn't have, and do well enough to earn a living.   But they still don't have that special quality that makes a star.  Adventurers here still have a high mortality rate, but nowhere near the death rates for the "high school" or "college" adventurer.Then you have the NFL teams.  Even among them, there are standouts.  Not every party or team will have a star.  The lower tier is still more powerful than 99+% of the population, and that commands some respect, but everyone still knows there are bigger fish.  A good example would be a 2nd string corner for a team not doing very well.  He's well compensated and most people hold him in fairly high respect for his abilities, but people aren't going to go crazy for him.Lastly you have the stars.  These are the people that get all the attention, that all the people want to meet.  In most campaigns this is what the pc's end up being.  But just because they are stars, doesn't mean that all adventuring parties are stars.  Sure there are some, but they are quite rare.  A lot of adventuring parties just go out and do a decent job, have a decent living, but will never become famous.</blockquote>

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