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<blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1789922" data-attributes="member: 16581">I don't know about all the Tolkien characters jumping at the chance to adventure.Aragon was shirking his duty to become king for a long time.&nbsp; Granted, what he ended up doing wasn't worthless, but the most heroic thing for him to do would be attain his rightful place at the throne.&nbsp; Yes, it's also true that before wasn't the time for it, but from what I remember he wasn't thinking &quot;The catalyst for me to attain the throne hasn't occured yet,&quot; it was more like &quot;My ancentors really messed things up; am I doomed to repeat their failure?&quot;Frodo wasn't hopping to deliver the ring to Mt. Doom.&nbsp; Sure he had a bit of wanderlust, but it still took him several decades and then Gandalf telling him to leave that got him out of the house.&nbsp; Otherwise he might have lived out his days in the shire without incident.&nbsp; And eventually he only took the ring because he knew there was no other option.It's been a while so did Boromir even want to go to the elves? Or was he basically forced to because his younger brother wanted to go and so the king, to spite him, sent Boromir instead? It's possible he was jumping to go, but I seem to remember he thought the whole trip was a waste of time.&nbsp; (Again, please correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while.)Each (or most of them at any rate) of the adventurer's advocated running at some point in time.&nbsp; Being heroic doesn't mean being suicidal or even being aggressive necessarily.In my mind, the adventurers are heroes because of their dedication to the fellowship.&nbsp; This is what unites them and motivates them.&nbsp; They are heros because they must be for the sake of their fellowship.&nbsp; I believe that if the fellowship hadn't been formed, the hobbits would have lived their life out in the shire, Aragon would have wandered the land as a ranger, Boromir would have become the king of his kingdom etc etc.When you start out a campaign and don't have ties formed between the individuals, I wouldn't be surprised that their motivation is to look out for themself, and I don't think that's a problem.&nbsp; If you get through several sessions and this remains the case, however, I do think that the campaign will suffer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="random user, post: 1789922, member: 16581"] I don't know about all the Tolkien characters jumping at the chance to adventure. Aragon was shirking his duty to become king for a long time. Granted, what he ended up doing wasn't worthless, but the most heroic thing for him to do would be attain his rightful place at the throne. Yes, it's also true that before wasn't the time for it, but from what I remember he wasn't thinking "The catalyst for me to attain the throne hasn't occured yet," it was more like "My ancentors really messed things up; am I doomed to repeat their failure?" Frodo wasn't hopping to deliver the ring to Mt. Doom. Sure he had a bit of wanderlust, but it still took him several decades and then Gandalf telling him to leave that got him out of the house. Otherwise he might have lived out his days in the shire without incident. And eventually he only took the ring because he knew there was no other option. It's been a while so did Boromir even want to go to the elves? Or was he basically forced to because his younger brother wanted to go and so the king, to spite him, sent Boromir instead? It's possible he was jumping to go, but I seem to remember he thought the whole trip was a waste of time. (Again, please correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while.) Each (or most of them at any rate) of the adventurer's advocated running at some point in time. Being heroic doesn't mean being suicidal or even being aggressive necessarily. In my mind, the adventurers are heroes because of their dedication to the fellowship. This is what unites them and motivates them. They are heros because they must be for the sake of their fellowship. I believe that if the fellowship hadn't been formed, the hobbits would have lived their life out in the shire, Aragon would have wandered the land as a ranger, Boromir would have become the king of his kingdom etc etc. When you start out a campaign and don't have ties formed between the individuals, I wouldn't be surprised that their motivation is to look out for themself, and I don't think that's a problem. If you get through several sessions and this remains the case, however, I do think that the campaign will suffer. [/QUOTE]

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