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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6177829" data-attributes="member: 17106">If you already know how a movie/book/etc. will end, why see/read/etc. it? It's not just where you end up, it's about what happens along the way.No, but they have some pretty specific expectations, as do I. If a player creates a mighty warrior who survived the slaughter of his tribe and plans to become a great warlord, and at the end of the campaign has the same status as a dilettante whose main skill is singing and who just wants to explore the world, I imagine both players are going to be pretty dissatisfied with that outcome.The hallmark of any great fiction is that it feels real, whether it's genre fiction with fantastic elements or not.If a player expresses a specific desire to play a more powerful character than another player, said player is probably playing the wrong game. However, if one player wants to play a war hero, and the other wants to play an artist, than I say let them. I see no need to dumb down the war hero or overload the artist with superpowers to correct some perceived inequality in those concepts.Well let's stick to discussing the non-subjective aspects of fantasy roleplaying games why don't we?.........Now that that's over with, just because the ship has to some extent sailed doesn't mean it can't turn around and sail back.Well, then.</blockquote>