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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 3927764" data-attributes="member: 49017">I think I've identified the four main reasons people give for why the high-level NPCs aren't a problem. There's:1. They don't deal with minor problems.2. They prefer to act through proxies.3. They only intervene when it's absolutely necessary.4. They're too busy with other things.Which of the following viewpoints would people think is the best way to advertise the Realms to potential new players?1. Your PCs can be heroes at low levels, saving children from goblins, getting cats out of trees, and being big fish in small ponds. You won't ever have to worry about high-level matters because the settings major NPCs have that covered.2. Your PCs can get involved in all sorts of adventures, provided they are willing to be used as tools by high-level NPCs who are involved in proxy fights with other high-level NPCs. You won't ever have to worry about what you do as a high-level character, because then you'll be a manipulator behind the scenes yourself.3. You can be involved in any sort of adventure your DM can come up with, foiling all sorts of dangerous evil plots at any level. You don't have to worry about screwing up, because if you do something wrong and the plot looks like succeeding one of the settings really powerful NPCs will zoom in as a deus-ex-machina and set everything right.4. You can be involved in any sort of adventure your DM can come up with, foiling all sorts of dangerous evil plots at any level. There are so many going on that you none of the settings high-level NPCs or powerful adventuring parties has got time to deal with a problem that you will be solving. And since they are enormous Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu characters, none of the evil plots that they are off solving ever work out, so you don't have to worry that while you are off dealing with the Ravenous Bug-Blatter Beast of Thraal your home will be destroyed because less competent adventurers let something happen to it.5. FR: where your PCs aren't meant to be heroes.</blockquote>

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