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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7135067" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>It's not my job to try and figure out of someone is giving a personal opinion when they don't post in in opinion format. He made a statement of fact. Here is is, "It's just a little lacking in unique flavour and PCs are like mayflies - saving the world one minute, forgotten the next, and all the while Elminster and Drizzt retain their vast fame, overshadowing everyone else.". There is no opinion being stated there. He's stating that PCs are like mayflies and are forgotten. He's stating that they are overshadowed by the NPCs. If someone states something as if it's a fact, I'm going to respond as it is written, not how he might have meant it if it were written a different way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You seem to be missing the forest for the trees. Frodo and Sam, et al. did their thing and they are done. There's nothing about them to indicate that they will be going on more super adventures, or that their existence someone prevents the PCs set after the Lord of the Rings ends from being the super big heroes. Nor are they undertaking any number of other major events that the PCs are handling. Middle Earth as a roleplaying game is not one single quest. The same goes with Star Wars, which if you know anything about the Star Wars universe is about one gigantic threat after another. The emperor is actually and Vader are just one thing among many that are just as bad and don't involve Luke who is teaching students now. Ditto for Potter. Lots of bad stuff that Potter isn't cut out for and handling.</p><p></p><p>If you want those things to overshadow you, you can make it that way, but it's not inherently so.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not big on cutting people slack when they go out of their way to be upset by something. In order to overshadow things those NPCs have to be pulled from the background where those NPCs dwell and placed in the forefront with the PCs. </p><p></p><p>I also don't think it's reasonable to think that in a word of millions, they are the only ones who are, or will reach high level. High level NPCs will exist in pretty much every setting, so if you're going to go out of your way to feel overshadowed in the Realms, you should be doing that for every other setting, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7135067, member: 23751"] It's not my job to try and figure out of someone is giving a personal opinion when they don't post in in opinion format. He made a statement of fact. Here is is, "It's just a little lacking in unique flavour and PCs are like mayflies - saving the world one minute, forgotten the next, and all the while Elminster and Drizzt retain their vast fame, overshadowing everyone else.". There is no opinion being stated there. He's stating that PCs are like mayflies and are forgotten. He's stating that they are overshadowed by the NPCs. If someone states something as if it's a fact, I'm going to respond as it is written, not how he might have meant it if it were written a different way. You seem to be missing the forest for the trees. Frodo and Sam, et al. did their thing and they are done. There's nothing about them to indicate that they will be going on more super adventures, or that their existence someone prevents the PCs set after the Lord of the Rings ends from being the super big heroes. Nor are they undertaking any number of other major events that the PCs are handling. Middle Earth as a roleplaying game is not one single quest. The same goes with Star Wars, which if you know anything about the Star Wars universe is about one gigantic threat after another. The emperor is actually and Vader are just one thing among many that are just as bad and don't involve Luke who is teaching students now. Ditto for Potter. Lots of bad stuff that Potter isn't cut out for and handling. If you want those things to overshadow you, you can make it that way, but it's not inherently so. I'm not big on cutting people slack when they go out of their way to be upset by something. In order to overshadow things those NPCs have to be pulled from the background where those NPCs dwell and placed in the forefront with the PCs. I also don't think it's reasonable to think that in a word of millions, they are the only ones who are, or will reach high level. High level NPCs will exist in pretty much every setting, so if you're going to go out of your way to feel overshadowed in the Realms, you should be doing that for every other setting, too. [/QUOTE]
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