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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6582052" data-attributes="member: 5834">The simple answer to &quot;Why don't the PCs go for help?&quot; is it's no damn fun. You're some youngling, wet behind the ears adventurer looking to test his mettle against whatever evil is out there so you can become the next Drizz't or Elminster. That's why you don't run for help. You're that dumb hero that decides he's going to handle things on his own regardless of the risk or consequences. It's like all the weak excuses Tolkien always came up with for why Frodo and the hobbits were expected to carry the most dangerous weapon in the known world to a mountain in the middle of the most evil realm in Middle Earth and destroy it: because you're the main character in the story and it's your job to do it. The PCs are the main characters in an adventure. It's fallen on them to do the job. Whatever loose reasoning you come up with as to why they don't run for help from the powerful good people in the realm are incidental and unimportant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6582052, member: 5834"] The simple answer to "Why don't the PCs go for help?" is it's no damn fun. You're some youngling, wet behind the ears adventurer looking to test his mettle against whatever evil is out there so you can become the next Drizz't or Elminster. That's why you don't run for help. You're that dumb hero that decides he's going to handle things on his own regardless of the risk or consequences. It's like all the weak excuses Tolkien always came up with for why Frodo and the hobbits were expected to carry the most dangerous weapon in the known world to a mountain in the middle of the most evil realm in Middle Earth and destroy it: because you're the main character in the story and it's your job to do it. The PCs are the main characters in an adventure. It's fallen on them to do the job. Whatever loose reasoning you come up with as to why they don't run for help from the powerful good people in the realm are incidental and unimportant. [/QUOTE]

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