I don't know if I'm overstepping my bounds as it being only my second post (first if you exclude my intro,) but I like to think of the Main story as kind of a...rumor, if you will.
Sort of like a "What has happened," instead of a "What will happen." Â After all, while every character is unique, at the same point it has to be kind of another faceless mask within the crowd or else we have a bunch of outrageous stories in the taverns exclaiming how we killed a Primal, while someone in another tavern talks about how they killed the Primal. Â With it being a rumor, then anybody can recite the story, and it can even become a staple within a bard's repertoire of stories of the heroes of the past.
Kind of like that, you can leave the Hero/Ine, to the imagination of the player. Â They can places themselves as the hero they want to be, but at the same time they can keep their head level to where it's a famous story of someone like him/her that had done these exciting things.
Sort of like a "What has happened," instead of a "What will happen." Â After all, while every character is unique, at the same point it has to be kind of another faceless mask within the crowd or else we have a bunch of outrageous stories in the taverns exclaiming how we killed a Primal, while someone in another tavern talks about how they killed the Primal. Â With it being a rumor, then anybody can recite the story, and it can even become a staple within a bard's repertoire of stories of the heroes of the past.
Kind of like that, you can leave the Hero/Ine, to the imagination of the player. Â They can places themselves as the hero they want to be, but at the same time they can keep their head level to where it's a famous story of someone like him/her that had done these exciting things.
