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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8640596" data-attributes="member: 67338">where I agree with your premise (GH and FR have a lot in common) I disagree with this way of saying it.&nbsp; By this metric you need to go gonzo weird for a setting to be different. Even then is a spell jammer background that different from a FR or GH? once in game are you not still some form of treasure hunting/dungeon delving? I will take a background and concept I used for a 2e ranger in FR.I grew up in a small town. I was bullied by a fellow farmer who's dad was a bit (and only a bit) better off then my family, and we both competed for the same girl... neither of us got her. She went off and became an 'adventurer' what ever that means. My goal was to learn to be the best farmer and then take over the family business... until one day the farm was destroyed. the town was attacked by a mad mage his goblins and undead.&nbsp; I was bearly 20 and only escaped because another wizard helped get me out. I'm pretty tough (grew up on farm), and I know how to survive off the land, but I would not say I am a warrior.&nbsp; Now I know what 'adventurer' means... because I am one, a wander, a vagubond, a man with no land to call his own. I have 2 short swords a bit of skill and just want to earn enough money to go back to the more simple life.I can play that as a 1st-3rd level ranger in any edition in 7/10 of the campaign settings TSR/WotC put out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8640596, member: 67338"] where I agree with your premise (GH and FR have a lot in common) I disagree with this way of saying it. By this metric you need to go gonzo weird for a setting to be different. Even then is a spell jammer background that different from a FR or GH? once in game are you not still some form of treasure hunting/dungeon delving? I will take a background and concept I used for a 2e ranger in FR. I grew up in a small town. I was bullied by a fellow farmer who's dad was a bit (and only a bit) better off then my family, and we both competed for the same girl... neither of us got her. She went off and became an 'adventurer' what ever that means. My goal was to learn to be the best farmer and then take over the family business... until one day the farm was destroyed. the town was attacked by a mad mage his goblins and undead. I was bearly 20 and only escaped because another wizard helped get me out. I'm pretty tough (grew up on farm), and I know how to survive off the land, but I would not say I am a warrior. Now I know what 'adventurer' means... because I am one, a wander, a vagubond, a man with no land to call his own. I have 2 short swords a bit of skill and just want to earn enough money to go back to the more simple life. I can play that as a 1st-3rd level ranger in any edition in 7/10 of the campaign settings TSR/WotC put out. [/QUOTE]

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