What Makes a Hero?

So what makes a hero then? Is it doing the expected? Hardly. Is it doing what's required? Not quite. Heroes have responsibilities, yes. They have duties that they can not shirk. A hero must meet all of these challenges and more. A hero must rise above the call of duty, and mere responsibility. A hero must go the extra mile. A hero must do the right thing, even if no one asks him to... or no one wants him to. This is what a hero is.

Now I'm not saying that war doesn't offer up some pretty compelling opportunities for heroes, nothing of the sort. But thinking within the confines of the NWN game, just telling a tale about a battle in the Last War does not make an adventure worthy of the time and effort of a band of your typical RPG type heroes. There needs to be more.

I think that's what I'll talk about next time.