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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3505829" data-attributes="member: 18280">LOL.I would agree that there is an integral part of D&D that is about not being powerless.  You face these terrible things, and then you do something.  Whether or not you succeed, at least you take action.  And, in the real world, all too often we are faced with terrible things wherein we feel that we cannot or should not take action.But this isn't at all the same thing as ego-tripping.  It isn't the same as needing to be the most powerful being around, or being able to defeat all you encounter, or maximizing your power, or any of that.And Frodo succeeded because he understood his place in the framework of the world, and neither tried to be more than what he was (as Boromir and Denethor did) or less (as was the case with Gollum).  Frodo was a normal person who knew that he was a normal person, and was okay with that knowledge.(Sam was perhaps even more humble than Frodo -- he's the only person in the novel to hand back the Ring without any qualms or hesitation whatsoever.)RC</blockquote>