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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6682674" data-attributes="member: 7635">Its back to the "Superman can't be everywhere doing everything" problem. Really though, its the problem I have with ANY RPG setting that has associated media with it: why aren't the Heroes doing this and not you? I had this problem in Star Wars alot; in the post RotJ era game I played in; there was 0 reasons why Luke, Han, Leia and company needed our PCs to do anything. If a new Sith Lord, or a new Imperial Super Weapon (the Emperor had like 40 of them) or a new galactic threat showed up, its going to be the Heroes of the Galaxy that investigate, not 4 dudes in a broken down spacecraft. Lather, rinse, repeat. DC/Marvel RPG? Send in Hulk and Superman. Middle Earth? Frodo's got the ring, so go fight orcs somewhere off camera. Dragonlance? The Heroes of the Lance got this one. Adventure's in Time & Space? The Doctor will solve the problem (unless you're running a Torchwood: Children of Earth style spinoff). Even Greek Myth is loaded up with Avengers-like Superteams (the Argonauts!) that means you won't be shaking Mt. Olympus anytime soon! So you gotta roll if you want to use those "shared" settings. You gotta assume Elminster, Superman, the Doctor, Luke Skywalker, or Hercules isn't going to be able to save your ass because they're too busy fighting Manshoon, Darkseid, Davros, Yuuzhan Vong, or the Nemean Lion. Yeah, that means your more Daredevil than Thor, but that's the price for such settings.</blockquote>

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