After reading through the Common RPG assumptions thread, a thought occured to me. One of my examples was to do with a mundane happening. Nothing to do with rescuing the princess or slaying orcs or travelling to hell. Bog standard stuff that could happen to anyone.

I happen to think that the odd event to 'ground' the characters and present their environs with a bit of added life helps to round the game out. One of the things that i throw out every now and then are mundane events that any Tom, Dick or Harry could encounter. Everyday stuff. Stuff that might be a hindrance, but not of the sword swinging type. Does that make my campaigns non-heroic or is there room in the most heroic of campaigns for the little things? The stuff that we take for granted in day to day life that characters in an RPG might have to deal with that don't require them to flex their huge barbarian muscles.