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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9376016" data-attributes="member: 7635">Its not that they aren't special, unique chosen ones, they ALL special unique chosen ones. Almost every X-Man has, at some time, either been fated to save or end the world. And the Justice League, OH BOY, each one of them has been fates chosen more than a dozen times in modern history. The JL and X-Men work because they are ALL special, and everyone gets a moment to shine, tell their story, and move on. D&D should work like that. Bob's fighter wants to avenge his father? Then at some point the plot is going to put the six-fingered man in a position of power for the Bob to fight him! Susie want's to find the lost gem of power? Well wadda know, the lost gem of power is key to solving the current problem the PCs are having!See, too many DMs don't want to actually incorporate a PCs's backstory, history, goals, and desires into play. That's a lot of work. If PCs are tabula rasa, springing up from the ground to only accomplish what the DM has prepped (or better, to play in the sandbox the DM has built and never go outside the lines) then the work is so much easier. Destinies muddy water because they mean not any old character can solve the issue. Special PCs need special consideration; common PCs pop up whenever and wherever a PC is needed and only care about what's in front of them. Because to be an edgy rogue who was orphaned, kidnapped by a strange assassin's cult, escaped and is now being hunted by the cult lest the PC dilvuge their secrets is a lot of work; an edgy rogue who just meets up with the other PCs and decides to explore the Sunless Citadel is far easier on the DM...</blockquote>

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