Quote from: David ROkay, how about this. As a GM* do you create adventures for heroes or adventurers?

Quote from: MelanI almost always create adventures for adventurers. Inserting a characters' personal morality into a setting or situation has to be their own choice, as well as accepting the ultimate consequences of behaving heroically. This sort of thing requires a degree of open-endedness on my part, and a willingness to make sacrifices on the part of the players. Heroics often end on a bittersweet note.

Quote from: GrimGentAdventurers can be heroic, certainly, but that's not any sort of a requirement for a lucrative career.

"After a while, there's a 'thunk' as your shovel hits wood. You clear away the last of the dirt, and open the coffin lid (naturally, it makes a creepy 'squeeeeeeeek' noise). Inside you find pretty much what you'd expect -- a grinning, rotting skeleton in old-fashioned wizard's robes, with a large iron key on a silver chain around its neck. Holding your breath, you carefully pick up the key, wincing when the skeleton's head falls off. Then you notice a piece of paper clutched in the skeleton's hand, and hork that as well. Then your adventurer's instincts kick in, and you start poking around the body for hidden pockets and gold fillings."

(From The Kingdom of Loathing.)

Quote from: beejazzA game? A book? Whatever it is, it sounds awesome.

Quote from: jrientsIn my view rpg characters generally seek adventure.  Whether their actions are heroic is a matter of public opinion.