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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9252307" data-attributes="member: 82106">There's no either/or choice though! We can have both! And I agree, they are BOTH great things.Does the whole world revolve around Aang (The Last Air Bender)? I mean, sure, the FATE of the world, at least its future direction, seems to involve whatever he does, or what happens to him. OTOH he's not instantly singled out wherever he goes, most people don't even seem to know who he is, although some of them are pretty aware of what an Avatar is. Not only that, but in the course of his adventures the action is in no way totally dominated by the actions of Aang himself. He's a potent force, but his companions time and time again do things that are just as significant for the outcome of the story as whatever Aang himself does. That group could be a perfectly viable party in an RPG. Nor does the this 'Last Mage' concept necessarily entail said character being more effective than the others. Simply because a trait of one PC ties into what might become a major theme of the game is not depriving the other PCs of relevance, effectiveness, or playability in ANY WAY at all!This is all, at best, a stretch and theoretical. It also isn't a coherent point of view in that whatever traits a character has, in a fictional sense, are not translated directly into actions and abilities in any straightforward way. If the GM (or the other people at the table) let a player walk all over them it is not the fault of what character they were allowed to play.More is the pity if you ask me!</blockquote>

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