Ranger REG
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Trust me, with my group, the only hero they emulate is "the hero of Canton, the man they called Jayne ... Jayne Cobb, that is."ruleslawyer said:
In RPGs, Should PCs Be Better Than NPCs By Default?
- Thread starter Mark
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Drowbane
First Post
Yes
PCs are "better" than your average joe off the street. BBEGs and assorted villains however are best (IMO) viewed as DM-PCs for purposes of this poll.
Rival Party: A NPC Party of adventurers should be equal (same stat generation, same template, PrC, gear options) as the PC party.
BBEG: Major Villains wouldn't be who they are if they weren't more powerful than Average Joe.
Mark said:
PCs are "better" than your average joe off the street. BBEGs and assorted villains however are best (IMO) viewed as DM-PCs for purposes of this poll.
Rival Party: A NPC Party of adventurers should be equal (same stat generation, same template, PrC, gear options) as the PC party.
BBEG: Major Villains wouldn't be who they are if they weren't more powerful than Average Joe.
I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
Depends what you mean by "NPCS".
I read it as "commoners, everday folks, mooks and normals," to which I would respond "Any RPG about heroic characters should definately have the PC's outstrip the normals."
Of course, that depends on a lot. If the RPG isn't about heroic characters, but about normal people in extraordinary circumstances, than the PC's shouldn't be better than the mooks. Worse, in some areas.
If "NPC's" indicates the entire range of possible non-player creatures, events, and characters, I'd say of course no, because that category will include the villains, monsters, challenges, and allies for those characters, though that whole category may be far above the "norms" of the world.
So it's a bit too vague for me to answer definately. In the most literal sense, I suppose not, but taking text at face value on the internet is hardly ever a good idea.
I read it as "commoners, everday folks, mooks and normals," to which I would respond "Any RPG about heroic characters should definately have the PC's outstrip the normals."
Of course, that depends on a lot. If the RPG isn't about heroic characters, but about normal people in extraordinary circumstances, than the PC's shouldn't be better than the mooks. Worse, in some areas.
If "NPC's" indicates the entire range of possible non-player creatures, events, and characters, I'd say of course no, because that category will include the villains, monsters, challenges, and allies for those characters, though that whole category may be far above the "norms" of the world.
So it's a bit too vague for me to answer definately. In the most literal sense, I suppose not, but taking text at face value on the internet is hardly ever a good idea.
Shadowdancer
First Post
I think the PCs should be better by default than the average NPC.
But there can still be NPCs in the game better than the PCs. They just aren't tending bar or running a tailor shop.
But there can still be NPCs in the game better than the PCs. They just aren't tending bar or running a tailor shop.
William Ronald
Explorer
Shadowdancer said:
This tends to be my view as well. Most PCs should be better than the majority of NPCs. However, some NPCs will be more powerful or gifted than the PCs.
DerHauptman
First Post
I can't give you an answer because you poll is beneath my intellect.
I only answer polls with multiple answers not binary ones because I am superior to you in every way.
I can explain my reasons but I doubt you'd understand - simpleton.
(Total Sarcasm Man your poll is just fine, clear concise - which is rare on EN World!)
Take care and for the record my answer is yes almost universally.
[sblock=Warning Opinionated and Snarky as Well] That is total sarcasm man I found your poll fine - I just see a trend on the boards here were people instead of just voting want to point out peoples mistakes and and their lack of intellect combined with a good deal of need to impress us all with their own intellectual superiority.
I must be too much of a simpleton cause I don't get it. One could just not respond all together if you can't commit to a yes or no answer and spare us your diatribe of how kewl you are with a longish answer about how the poll is not worth answering.
A yes or no answer is easy. [/sblock]
DerHaupman-Out!
I only answer polls with multiple answers not binary ones because I am superior to you in every way.
I can explain my reasons but I doubt you'd understand - simpleton.
(Total Sarcasm Man your poll is just fine, clear concise - which is rare on EN World!)
Take care and for the record my answer is yes almost universally.
[sblock=Warning Opinionated and Snarky as Well] That is total sarcasm man I found your poll fine - I just see a trend on the boards here were people instead of just voting want to point out peoples mistakes and and their lack of intellect combined with a good deal of need to impress us all with their own intellectual superiority.
I must be too much of a simpleton cause I don't get it. One could just not respond all together if you can't commit to a yes or no answer and spare us your diatribe of how kewl you are with a longish answer about how the poll is not worth answering.
A yes or no answer is easy. [/sblock]
DerHaupman-Out!
Scarbonac
Not An Evil Twin
No, I say, NO! PCs are a part of the world, where there are people and things bigger, tougher, stronger, more magical and meaner than them out there.
Were the Rebels better than the Empire?
Nope; outgunned, outshipped, outmanned, over-powered and under-Jedied, the Rebellion had to be struggle, not just to win but to survive.
Were the Rebels better than the Empire?
Nope; outgunned, outshipped, outmanned, over-powered and under-Jedied, the Rebellion had to be struggle, not just to win but to survive.
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