tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post6253951105944458887..comments2023-11-11T03:38:28.863-05:00Comments on Once More Unto the Breach!: You're no hero...yet. But you're already a veteran.Anthony Simeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-54520100926905612432012-08-20T12:12:12.232-04:002012-08-20T12:12:12.232-04:00Of course starting PCs aren't heroes. Everyoe ...Of course starting PCs aren't heroes. Everyoe knows that's not until 4th level. And superheroes are level 8.<br /><br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090296806321882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-25625218121092250392012-08-20T10:20:45.045-04:002012-08-20T10:20:45.045-04:00A couple years ago JB of B/X Blackrazor did a coup...A couple years ago JB of B/X Blackrazor did a couple eye-opening posts on the subject of 1st-level characters as badasses:<br /><br />http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/2010/04/1st-level-magic-users.html<br /><br />http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/2010/04/hit-me-baby-one-more-time.html<br /><br />Those posts are well worth a read, but essentially his point is that <i>any</i> of the classes at 1st level is <i>already</i> whole orders of magnitude more capable, skilled, and deadly than the average "Normal Man" off the street.<br /><br />I think it's interesting to combine this perspective with the deadliness of, say, orcs or gnolls, to say nothing of the higher-HD monsters; you really get a sense for the sheer <i>deadliness</i> of the howling wilderness. To me, it's not that the PCs are inexperienced bumpkins; it's that the foes are just so much more powerful. And that leads to your second point--anyone who would willingly face those foes is, de facto, a hero!David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.com