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Originally Posted by lachimba
Regarding the question. I would point to the Odyssey, Beowolf and so on as stories with one very overpowered PC and lots of NPCS.
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Robin Hood, Le Morte Darthur, The Three (and Four) Musketeers, Dracula, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, Argonautica, The Journey to the West...
Hmmm. I thought there were more olde tyme 'hero team' stories... but nope, those are all that I can recall. The hero group really is more popular now than it was then, but it's certainly no modern invention.
* though, to be fair most of the Oz books employ a ragtag team of heroes, so this small number really is a teensy bit larger.