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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7877371" data-attributes="member: 29398">No, but it's harder to relate to a mighty warrior atop a pile of dead enemies than to a farmgirl who just killed her first Orc.Agreed, and add familiarity to that list: Elves and Dwarves and Hobbitlings have been around long enough that they're ingrained into the culture; Tieflings and Dragonborn not so much.But after that, it's about what you can relate with.&nbsp; Maybe it's a generational thing, but I think people relate to Bilbo and Garion and Rand al'Thor* because they start out as &quot;everyman&quot; and their development takes place slowly enough through their stories that the relatibility is never really lost.* - for the first few books anyway; that whole series kinda goes off the rails around book 6 or so.Yes, there's some of that to be sure; but if someone's bound and determined to play such a character right off the hop shouldn't they be steered toward a supers game instead?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7877371, member: 29398"] No, but it's harder to relate to a mighty warrior atop a pile of dead enemies than to a farmgirl who just killed her first Orc. Agreed, and add familiarity to that list: Elves and Dwarves and Hobbitlings have been around long enough that they're ingrained into the culture; Tieflings and Dragonborn not so much. But after that, it's about what you can relate with. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I think people relate to Bilbo and Garion and Rand al'Thor* because they start out as "everyman" and their development takes place slowly enough through their stories that the relatibility is never really lost. * - for the first few books anyway; that whole series kinda goes off the rails around book 6 or so. Yes, there's some of that to be sure; but if someone's bound and determined to play such a character right off the hop shouldn't they be steered toward a supers game instead? [/QUOTE]

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