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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Marley" data-source="post: 5381025" data-attributes="member: 89537">Certainly. In a world where every character is a first-level commoner, expert, or warrior then that first-level fighter is going to seem truly remarkable; fantastic even! He does things that most ordinary people simply cannot do. Now imagine a world where there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people just like him; and in this world there are people who speak to gods, throw balls of fire from their finger tips, and change into animals on a daily basis. How fantastic is one guy swinging a sword, really? Seems rather mundane to me.I don't see fantastic or mundane as traits where something either is or is not. Rather, I see it as a perspective. From a certain point of view something can be both mundane and fantastic. Using 3.5 as an example, take the Everfull Mug. From the point of view of your average commoner an Everfull Mug is a truly fantastic item. Here is an item unlike any other mug in their house - it creates water! From the point of view of an adventurer, an Everfull Mug can seem rather mundane. Every adventurer has one, you can find one in almost any old town, and all it does is creates water.</blockquote>