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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5498313" data-attributes="member: 19675">Someone said that I was not playing the game in the way it was designed......that in the context of my assertion that in my gaming history, I had seen farmers turned fighters frequently, in response to someone saying the game &quot;wasn't about Samwise&quot; type characters, but instead about Aragorns.No, but he was a gardener in the context of his fictionverse, exactly the same kind of character some are asserting cannot exist in the fictionverse of a D&amp;D game.Balrog Scat.Israelis have a law that mandates each adult citizen be trained and serve in their armed forces because they are surrounded by enemies from whom they fear attacks at any time.The same model could be applied to a fantasy land where the country faces frequent incursions by barbarian hordes, goblin tribes and the neigboring kingdom to the South.First of all, I was giving a nod to the consideration that her legend may be embellished, and that aspects of it are certainly disputed (Personally, I'm a Catholic, and we sainted her in the 1920s.)Second, real or not, she's an exemplar of the kind of backstory some are asserting D&amp;D is hardwired against: serf today, warrior tomorrow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5498313, member: 19675"] [I]Someone[/I] said that I was not playing the game in the way it was designed... ...[I]that[/I] in the context of my assertion that in my gaming history, I had seen farmers turned fighters [I]frequently[/I], in response to someone saying the game "wasn't about Samwise" type characters, but instead about Aragorns. No, but he was a gardener in the context of his fictionverse, [I]exactly[/I] the same kind of character some are asserting cannot exist in the fictionverse of a D&D game. Balrog Scat. Israelis have a law that mandates each adult citizen be trained and serve in their armed forces because they are surrounded by enemies from whom they fear attacks at any time. The same model could be applied to a fantasy land where the country faces frequent incursions by barbarian hordes, goblin tribes and the neigboring kingdom to the South. First of all, I was giving a nod to the consideration that her legend may be embellished, and that aspects of it are certainly disputed (Personally, I'm a Catholic, and we sainted her in the 1920s.) Second, real or not, she's an exemplar of the kind of backstory some are asserting D&D is hardwired against: serf today, warrior tomorrow. [/QUOTE]

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