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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7839079" data-attributes="member: 177">I think this is important.&nbsp; I mean, imagine a fighter.&nbsp; Their class is about sticking swords in things - it says very little about what the character should care about.&nbsp; The fighter resolves conflicts by fighting, but that doesn't determine what conflicts they get into.A cleric of Pelor follows a Sun god.&nbsp; This informs their choices and powers.&nbsp; But, those powers aren't responsible for their personal conflicts.&nbsp; Maybe they just happen to really love their community, and there's a Hatfields-McCoy style feud between two local Barons, that is harming their community.&nbsp; And, (gasp) maybe neither Baron is particularly themed to the night or undead or the like...A druid will have some beliefs about the position of nature in the cosmos and their spiritual life.&nbsp; Their powers are connected to nature, so the tools they have to resolve conflicts come from nature.&nbsp; But, what are their conflicts?&nbsp; The conflicts for a character are from 1) things they care about, and 2) threats to those things.&nbsp; So, what does the character care about?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7839079, member: 177"] I think this is important. I mean, imagine a fighter. Their class is about sticking swords in things - it says very little about what the character should care about. The fighter resolves conflicts by fighting, but that doesn't determine what conflicts they get into. A cleric of Pelor follows a Sun god. This informs their choices and powers. But, those powers aren't responsible for their personal conflicts. Maybe they just happen to really love their community, and there's a Hatfields-McCoy style feud between two local Barons, that is harming their community. And, ([I]gasp[/I]) maybe neither Baron is particularly themed to the night or undead or the like... A druid will have some beliefs about the position of nature in the cosmos and their spiritual life. Their powers are connected to nature, so the tools they have to resolve conflicts come from nature. But, what are their conflicts? The conflicts for a character are from 1) things they care about, and 2) threats to those things. So, what does the character care about? [/QUOTE]

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