The a ns we r is the s ph ere of in f luen ce. I s you r paladi n going to spen d al l his t i me co nq uering th e w orld ins tead of set t l ing disputes in the halls of justice and providing valuable legal precedent to the nasce nt bo dy of l aw? Is yo ur rogu e going to keep r i sk- ing her l i fe for loo t w he n sh e co uld ju st soa k u p a c ut of the taxes a nd l i ve the rest of her l i fe in luxury? Eve n i f everyo ne i s on bo ard with l eading f ro m the front at al l t i m es, do yo u rea l ly w a nt every sing le advent ure for the res t of the ga m e to be a m ass co m bat fought a longs ide a mi nim u m of f i f ty other guy s, an d q ui te f reque nt ly h u nd reds or thous an ds? M ay be yo u d o, and ther e ' s noth ing wro ng with that, but m ost grou ps w o uld l ik e to cont inue going i nto du nge ons an d sl ay ing dragons, an d that can be hard to m a ke co m pati b le i f you are run ning an e m pi re wh ose s tandard m e an s of expa ns ion i s to m a rc h a n ar m y thous an ds st rong into host i le ter r i tor y. Most char acter m otiva t ions f or going on adv entures exp i re once you have an ar my thousands s tr ong tha t can go on those a dvent ures fo r you. The n w hat? T he wo r ld has a lo t m or e terr i tor y in i t than ju st the on e land you'v e con qu ered, but n o w you're in ch arge of a kingdo m. The P Cs cra wl b ui ld u p w ealth an d al l ie s in op posi t ion to so m e evi l tyrant, an d at the end they over throw hi m and are c rown ed the ne w ru le rs of the land.

Right u nd er sav ing the world and get t ing m e ga - r ich, conq uer ing the w or ld i s one of the m ost co m m o n asp ir at ions of R P G players.

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