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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4451219" data-attributes="member: 1003">Are you under the impression that saving the Village of Dudelet &quot;doesn't matter&quot; because Uber-Paladin, Sir Bob Killstuff happened to save two villages during the same period of time? Do you think the people of Dudelet agree with that analysis?You DM sucked. No argument. But. Nothing anyone has said so far runs contrary to that position. Are you listing the above to help the OP understand &quot;Things not to do&quot;, or for some other reason?Was taking the beaches of Normandy &quot;just busy work&quot; because, if it really mattered, Patton wouldn't be screwing around in North Africa?&nbsp; Isn't it possible that multiple, independent, important things can happen at the same time, done by different people?&nbsp; Does someone, somewhere in the world have a monopoly on &quot;important work&quot; that I am unaware of? Because I'm pretty sure that both Dr. Rev. King and Mother Theresa &quot;mattered&quot;; or were they just doing the Pope's &quot;busy work&quot;?Then he's a crappy DM. We all agree. Lets move on.Immersion isn't your problem. It's &quot;realistic&quot; (from an immersion point of view) that Uber-NPC doesn't have the time, the resources, or the interest in solving your quest for you. Your problem is that you've had crappy DM(s) and now you're reflexively anti-powerful NPC. You can't even see that no one in this thread advocated anything even close to what you describe above. You're off by 180-degrees but your reflexive reaction is to see what you dislike, rather than what they said.Sounds to me like the real problem is that none of those NPCs ever said &quot;Thank you&quot;, as in &quot;Sir Fenes, thank you for saving the City of Kragg. I never would have made it in time, and you really pulled their bacon out of the fire. Please, whenever you're in Bag-Krom, feel free to use my Summer Abode. You'll always be welcome.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 4451219, member: 1003"] Are you under the impression that saving the Village of Dudelet "doesn't matter" because Uber-Paladin, Sir Bob Killstuff happened to save [i]two[/i] villages during the same period of time? Do you think the people of Dudelet agree with that analysis? You DM sucked. No argument. But. Nothing anyone has said so far runs contrary to that position. Are you listing the above to help the OP understand "Things not to do", or for some other reason? Was taking the beaches of Normandy "just busy work" because, [i]if it really mattered[/i], Patton wouldn't be screwing around in North Africa? Isn't it possible that multiple, independent, important things can happen at the same time, done by different people? Does someone, somewhere in the world have a monopoly on "important work" that I am unaware of? Because I'm pretty sure that both Dr. Rev. King and Mother Theresa "mattered"; or were they just doing the Pope's "busy work"? Then he's a crappy DM. We all agree. Lets move on. Immersion isn't your problem. It's "realistic" (from an immersion point of view) that Uber-NPC doesn't have the time, the resources, or the interest in solving your quest for you. Your problem is that you've had crappy DM(s) and now you're reflexively anti-powerful NPC. You can't even see that no one in this thread advocated anything even close to what you describe above. You're off by 180-degrees but your reflexive reaction is to see what you dislike, rather than what they said. Sounds to me like the real problem is that none of those NPCs ever said "Thank you", as in "Sir Fenes, thank you for saving the City of Kragg. I never would have made it in time, and you really pulled their bacon out of the fire. Please, whenever you're in Bag-Krom, feel free to use my Summer Abode. You'll always be welcome." [/QUOTE]

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