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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4955382" data-attributes="member: 80487">I think those are different stories. Bingo! It's the difference between playing a game and writing a story. Wake me when the game's on; that's just my preference when it comes to D&amp;D. Biography? I'll take steel and write one in blood!Neither was &quot;start at 4th and go to 24th&quot; (which is fine and dandy per E.G.G. in the First Edition DMG, if the players are already experienced). Classic Traveller would more accurately reflect the sword-sorcery field, in which the emphasis is on protagonists already at or past their prime. &quot;Everyman (or Chosen One) coming of age&quot; is more a Tolkien-style thing, and maybe 1st-6th or so typically; I at least associate it with more &quot;human&quot; heroes (however super their mentors).That's another matter altogether to my mind. You want to play a game of superheroes toting legend lore worthy gear? Done and done! Now, can we get down to the actual adventure?Hey, I know there can be quite a game of &quot;builds&quot;. There's nothing inherently incompatible in that with playing a challenging game, although it may be a notably different game from one designed with an emphasis on strategic maneuver objectives.As I wrote before, it's a &quot;flavor&quot; issue -- not only how often we're buying and selling magic items but how. It's not an &quot;all or nothing&quot; choice, so it does not follow from my dislike of &quot;all&quot; that I expect a diet of &quot;nothing&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4955382, member: 80487"] I think those are [i]different[/i] stories. Bingo! It's the difference between playing a game and writing a story. Wake me when the game's on; that's just my preference when it comes to D&D. Biography? I'll take steel and write one in blood!Neither was "start at 4th and go to 24th" (which is fine and dandy per E.G.G. in the First Edition DMG, if the [i]players[/i] are already experienced). Classic [b]Traveller[/b] would more accurately reflect the sword-sorcery field, in which the emphasis is on protagonists already at or past their prime. "Everyman (or Chosen One) coming of age" is more a Tolkien-style thing, and maybe 1st-6th or so typically; I at least associate it with more "human" heroes (however super their mentors). [b]That's another matter altogether[/b] to my mind. You want to play a game of superheroes toting [i]legend lore[/i] worthy gear? Done and done! Now, can we get down to the actual adventure? Hey, I know there can be quite a game of "builds". There's nothing inherently incompatible in that with playing a challenging game, although it may be a notably [i]different[/i] game from one designed with an emphasis on strategic maneuver objectives. As I wrote before, it's a "flavor" issue -- not only how often we're buying and selling magic items but [i]how[/i]. It's [b]not[/b] an "all or nothing" choice, so it does not follow from my dislike of "all" that I expect a diet of "nothing". [/QUOTE]

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