Quote: Sliding scale of power, for sure, but it's probably something closer to 90% "normal" > 8% "adventurer" > 2% "superpower" > "WoL"
Roll a one million sided die. If you roll over 920,000 you can be awesome. If not, you're a part of the world and you die to FATE enemies.
Honestly, as long as they don't say 'I'm related to X NPC', or 'I'm best friends with X NPC' or 'I can drop any Primal/Dragon/etc with one hit all by myself' or whatnot, then they can be strong. Then they can be strong enough to help down a major enemy like a Primal or a dragon lieutenant. If they have the Echo or mooks to throw in front of them or anything, the Lore says it's possible, so I'm not going to tell them what they can and can't be. Not everyone wants to be the 'everyman', and saying someone is a bad roleplayer because they want to be strong is not only judgmental, but it's flat wrong. I've known many good roleplayers who've played strong characters. /shrug/ And 'strong' is also a matter of opinion and situation as well. This idea that a group of people can say 'you can only be awesome if we say so or X happens' is bad enough, but the fact people listen to it makes me even sadder. And it is policing, no matter how you spin it.