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Message: <blockquote data-quote="awesomeocalypse" data-source="post: 5302952" data-attributes="member: 85641">Probably, but then, Chances are I wouldn't be there in the first place.  Certainly, child of prophecy is one way to give a character instant significance. But it is FAR from the only way. Perhaps the character has come into possession of a powerful artifact, which he is unable to properly wield, but which could devastate the world if it fell into the wrong hands. He and his party would become automatic targets for those dark forces, and achieve instant plot significance. It worked for this dude Frodo. Or perhaps the character is the last living member of a royal line long-thought exstinguished. If he achieves sufficient power, the people may rally to him, but before he can do that he will have to cope with the powers that be that will do anything to prevent the return of the king. You're entirely right, I have no interest at all in "earning" plot significance. I'm not interested in being some random dude who stumbles across some evil mastermind/monster/dire conflict which he has no prior connection with, and who then may or may not influence it in a significant way. I'm not interested in playing out other people's stories, except for those of the other PCs.  That doesn't mean I want to be the most powerful dude around from day one. It just means I want the story to be about *me*. I don't want that evil overlord to try to kill me just because I happen to look like an adventurer and wandered into his lair. I want him to try to kill me because *I*, specifically, matter in some way to his goals. I don't want to fight some generic villain, I want to fight *my* villain, in the same way that Frodo deals with Sauron, that Batman deals with the Joker, that Superman deals with lex Luthor.  This. I don't need to be the most powerful dude in the universe. I just want a plot that is specifically about me, in which my playing a significant role isn't dependant on random chance.  Quite simply, I like railroads better than sandboxes, for precisely this reason. I don't want to be some random guy in a world that is chugging along fine without me, full of people more important than me, which I will then attempt to influence in some way of my choosing. I want to be the protagonist. Those powerful people with their agendas? What is their connection to me, how do they affect my story? If the answer is "no connection, unless you 'earn' one", then I'm not interested.</blockquote>

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