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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 7742555" data-attributes="member: 30438">One thing that creates a tricky point is that D&amp;D, and most RPGs, are based on starting off early in their career, whereas most fictional characters are generally conceptualized at the height of power (one-shots do not necessarily suffer this problem). Back in the day, I had a player make a character based on Elric. He certainly wasn’t getting a Stormbringer, despite his requests!For my part, if you’re going to take inspiration from a fictional character, I think it far more interesting to take the spirit of the character and recontextualize them in the new setting, than to just try to model their power. What happens if I take proud Thorin Oakenshield and put him in Shadowrun? Let’s make a Warforged version of C-3PO I have a character that is pretty much “Raistlin in Space.” As for Gandalf’s level, his power was greater than what he wielded, as the Istari were forbidden from directly matching Sauron’s power with their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 7742555, member: 30438"] One thing that creates a tricky point is that D&D, and most RPGs, are based on starting off early in their career, whereas most fictional characters are generally conceptualized at the height of power (one-shots do not necessarily suffer this problem). Back in the day, I had a player make a character based on Elric. He certainly wasn’t getting a Stormbringer, despite his requests! For my part, if you’re going to take inspiration from a fictional character, I think it far more interesting to take the spirit of the character and recontextualize them in the new setting, than to just try to model their power. What happens if I take proud Thorin Oakenshield and put him in Shadowrun? Let’s make a Warforged version of C-3PO I have a character that is pretty much “Raistlin in Space.” As for Gandalf’s level, his power was greater than what he wielded, as the Istari were forbidden from directly matching Sauron’s power with their own. [/QUOTE]

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