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Originally Posted by malloyd
The thing is personally powerful individuals are just not that much of a threat to a stable society. I've said it before in the context of Horror, that there's a *reason* horror fiction is about unprepared small groups who can't reach or convince the authorities, and it's because organization, tactics and technology are such huge force multipliers. If the heroes had any chance of survival at all, once the authorities send in an organized force prepared for trouble, the monsters die.
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This is, IMO, a crux of the monster hunters genre (including
GURPS Monster Hunters): balancing a
prepared group against monsters within a suitable suspension of disbelief.
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