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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8315470" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>Some settings have the trope of wandering adventurers ("heroes"), but that doesn't mean that every campaign has to use them. There's the party forced into action, such as being simple village militia when your home becomes under siege. There's the party serves a lord/master/god who dictates their course of events. There's the party charged with an epic quest, taking the entire scope of the campaign to complete (Lord of the Rings). </p><p></p><p>Not that there's anything wrong with the standard tropes, so long as they fit logically in the setting. To use your examples, in Greyhawk adventurers are basically tomb robbers that periodically do mercenary work. Because of this, they're generally disliked, but many attempt to join them, only to die in their first "adventure." In the Realms, however, wandering heroes are normal, and often depended upon to protect people from the various monsters that roam the countryside. People become adventures mostly for glory, but the coin doesn't hurt either. A band of ronin in Rokugan would be despised by the local samurai and feared by peasants, since they would be considered dishonorable and untrustworthy, even if all they were trying to do is make enough to each each day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8315470, member: 6775477"] Some settings have the trope of wandering adventurers ("heroes"), but that doesn't mean that every campaign has to use them. There's the party forced into action, such as being simple village militia when your home becomes under siege. There's the party serves a lord/master/god who dictates their course of events. There's the party charged with an epic quest, taking the entire scope of the campaign to complete (Lord of the Rings). Not that there's anything wrong with the standard tropes, so long as they fit logically in the setting. To use your examples, in Greyhawk adventurers are basically tomb robbers that periodically do mercenary work. Because of this, they're generally disliked, but many attempt to join them, only to die in their first "adventure." In the Realms, however, wandering heroes are normal, and often depended upon to protect people from the various monsters that roam the countryside. People become adventures mostly for glory, but the coin doesn't hurt either. A band of ronin in Rokugan would be despised by the local samurai and feared by peasants, since they would be considered dishonorable and untrustworthy, even if all they were trying to do is make enough to each each day. [/QUOTE]
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