(09-30-2015, 08:22 AM)Hammersmith Wrote: Looking at the 6'th age we -just left- you have an empire bringing a literal moon down on a continent, a dude that turned into a pheonix and helped BLOW UP THE MOON, "godly intervention" to save the Twelvesblade, Padjals, The Ultima Fucking Weapon, Cid the Incredible Deus Ex Machina, city states slaying Primals, secret goblin organizations raising God Machines, Ancient Wyrms returning, people becoming literal Gods Among Men and, of course, Our Favorite Ascians Back in the Fray.
This is mostly my point, though: Look at what those people wielding power have done. With the exception of Cid (who ain't done jack when it comes to anything power-y, dude just invents awesome stuff) everyone else you named is a bad guy. The sorts of people that the normie army would rally against to try and kill. The sort of people that go down as horrible villains. And this is before we get age and myth turning this stuff into Lu Bu tier storytelling.
If it was as common as we treat it that Random Adventurer #73 could just suddenly develop the ability to treat NPCs like, well, NPCS, then there'd be a crisis on our hands. It could make a neat story; People without power will fear those who do, especially once Superpowers come onto the scene. To invoke the size discrepancy stuff: If you're a tiny hyur woman who's suddenly suplexing Demon Train, the people around you are going to notice, and they are going to be terrified.
/think think think
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