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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MasterTrancer" data-source="post: 6568599" data-attributes="member: 6762055">Also, as a different take on the 1st level PC: why is he always portrayed as the sidekick? The literature sports plenty of "green" commanders (the first that springs to my mind is the Gan Orrin, fro The Legend Of The Drenai). He could become attached to the party because they are after all an irregular squad in the army, and he got there a) by raccomandation, because where the PCs are, there is the glory (or maybe because it was supposed to be safe, not knowing that are the troubles that look for the PCs, not the other way around) b) by drawing the short straw stem, earning what seems to be a short trek toward the afterlife c) he has to do at least one field mission before going back to a career behind the desk (which of course he will never see again, starting instead down the adventuring path).This is just an idea, a different take on the subject, so that an experienced player doesn't necessarily feel totally left behind.(And I have another example, set in relatively modern era: both the Commanding Officers in the Heartbreak Ridge movie were rookies on the battlefield, though they got there by totally different routes)As always, YMMV.</blockquote>