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I hope 5th edition makes room for "Adventurers" and "Heroes".
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<blockquote data-quote="Tovec" data-source="post: 6006593" data-attributes="member: 95493"><p>You are all confusing high fantasy with high magic. High fantasy has the characters deeply rooted to be HEROES. Some of them might die but they do it epically and gloriously. They aren't nameless smucks traveling around doing random quests.</p><p></p><p>Low fantasy is the opposite. If LotR were low fantasy then the characters would be adventurers, their success would not be all but guaranteed. More than one would have probably fallen to the Balrog, hell a couple could have fallen to the cave troll.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A lot of times, sure.</p><p></p><p>But not necessarily. That is something I'd like to adjust for myself.</p><p></p><p>I would like if it were a setting I could turn on or off for certain games, I already do to a certain extent but it would be nice if it were a better filter.</p><p></p><p>Low level (even level 1) characters could be heroes in the sense that they are designed to be the good guys and supposed to triumph over their enemies. They might be the hero of destiny and given the great and powerful X item they'll need to defeat the bad guy, or maybe more HP or extra powers.</p><p></p><p>High level characters could have transitioned into heroes or they could still be adventurers trying to eke out their fortune. They might be antiheroes or truly grey (neutral) characters who just do what best suits them. They could be everyone else in star wars who isn't part of the skywalker family, nameless jedi master or random grand moff.</p><p></p><p>Characters in books resemble heroes because they are books and are supposed to be about heroes. Characters in most games are probably closest to adventurers and that is fine too. No one is saying that the shoe is the hero of monopoly. And no one is saying that harry potter is an adventurer. It has to do with the medium.</p><p></p><p>And again, I have no problem with the game being one way or another because it is something that crosses that bridge, but I'd rather have a filter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tovec, post: 6006593, member: 95493"] You are all confusing high fantasy with high magic. High fantasy has the characters deeply rooted to be HEROES. Some of them might die but they do it epically and gloriously. They aren't nameless smucks traveling around doing random quests. Low fantasy is the opposite. If LotR were low fantasy then the characters would be adventurers, their success would not be all but guaranteed. More than one would have probably fallen to the Balrog, hell a couple could have fallen to the cave troll. A lot of times, sure. But not necessarily. That is something I'd like to adjust for myself. I would like if it were a setting I could turn on or off for certain games, I already do to a certain extent but it would be nice if it were a better filter. Low level (even level 1) characters could be heroes in the sense that they are designed to be the good guys and supposed to triumph over their enemies. They might be the hero of destiny and given the great and powerful X item they'll need to defeat the bad guy, or maybe more HP or extra powers. High level characters could have transitioned into heroes or they could still be adventurers trying to eke out their fortune. They might be antiheroes or truly grey (neutral) characters who just do what best suits them. They could be everyone else in star wars who isn't part of the skywalker family, nameless jedi master or random grand moff. Characters in books resemble heroes because they are books and are supposed to be about heroes. Characters in most games are probably closest to adventurers and that is fine too. No one is saying that the shoe is the hero of monopoly. And no one is saying that harry potter is an adventurer. It has to do with the medium. And again, I have no problem with the game being one way or another because it is something that crosses that bridge, but I'd rather have a filter. [/QUOTE]
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