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Q&A How to make side-characters look competent next to the chosen one?

Let Dave save Bob's life. Bob is strong against super evil but he is just a guy. He lacks Dave;s experience, and inner strength. He also is not as strong at solving mundane problems. Have human ene...

posted 6y ago by Andrey‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:41:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Andrey‭ · 2019-12-08T08:41:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
 **Let Dave save Bob's life.**  
Bob is strong against super evil but he is just a guy. He lacks Dave;s experience, and inner strength. He also is not as strong at solving mundane problems. Have human enemies, followers of the super evil. Let those be a problem for Bob who's magic does nothing on them. Then let Dave step in with his sword skills and save the day. Then Bob can get back to blasting magic enemies.

If humans can't be enemies. Just put in 1 magic enemy immune to Bob's magic. Same idea applies. Like in Wheel of Time there is an enemy immune to weaves so the martial artist gets to shine.

Also let Dave rally Bob in the darkest hour. Dave knows a lot better than Bob how to overcome adversity.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-05-01T14:44:34Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 12