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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 6856739" data-attributes="member: 29398">You're quite right that luck has a lot to do with it...which is to be expected in a dice-based game.&nbsp; As long as they take the bad luck as well as they take the good, you're gold!Well, not quite.Lasting through numerous adventures (and being useful in the process) while others come and go around you...that's what makes you a superstar.Different view of the game, perhaps.To me the party is greater than the sum of the characters in it.&nbsp; My usual analogy is a sports team...the team or franchise lasts way longer than any of the individual players (in this case, the PCs) who don the team uniform for a particular game, or season.If you're familiar with American NFL Football, there's a guy you might have heard of - Peyton Manning - who just retired; a legitimate superstar in the game.&nbsp; Now he didn't play his entire career for the same team, but let's say for the sake of this discussion that he did.&nbsp; Over his career, how many team-mates did he have (fellow party members) who came and went while he just kept on going?&nbsp; And even though he's retired the story of the team he just left is not finished; they'll run out a bunch of players next season - some new, some returning - and keep that story going.So, saying this about a hockey player:&quot;John Smith?&nbsp; Yeah, he played with us for a couple of seasons - left wing, I think - back around 2010-11 or so...tore up his knee and had to quit.&quot;is to me exactly analagous to saying this about an adventurer:&quot;Lanefan?&nbsp; Yeah, he ran with us for a couple of adventures&nbsp; - fighter, I think - back a few summers ago...got killed and we couldn't revive him.&quot;Lan-&quot;also, if everyone's a superstar then nobody is&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 6856739, member: 29398"] You're quite right that luck has a lot to do with it...which is to be expected in a dice-based game. As long as they take the bad luck as well as they take the good, you're gold! Well, not quite. Lasting through numerous adventures (and being useful in the process) while others come and go around you...that's what makes you a superstar. Different view of the game, perhaps. To me the party is greater than the sum of the characters in it. My usual analogy is a sports team...the team or franchise lasts way longer than any of the individual players (in this case, the PCs) who don the team uniform for a particular game, or season. If you're familiar with American NFL Football, there's a guy you might have heard of - Peyton Manning - who just retired; a legitimate superstar in the game. Now he didn't play his entire career for the same team, but let's say for the sake of this discussion that he did. Over his career, how many team-mates did he have (fellow party members) who came and went while he just kept on going? And even though he's retired the story of the team he just left is not finished; they'll run out a bunch of players next season - some new, some returning - and keep that story going. So, saying this about a hockey player: "John Smith? Yeah, he played with us for a couple of seasons - left wing, I think - back around 2010-11 or so...tore up his knee and had to quit." is to me exactly analagous to saying this about an adventurer: "Lanefan? Yeah, he ran with us for a couple of adventures - fighter, I think - back a few summers ago...got killed and we couldn't revive him." Lan-"also, if everyone's a superstar then nobody is"-efan [/QUOTE]

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