I like Banished from the heroes party, if it legit.
I like these storyline because they filled two flavors of power fantasy. One being the important member of your party yet you are treated awful and later is kick out. The minute you leave the heroes party fall apart without you. The other being you are banish either lived in a quiet life and be happy or go to another adventure party and be successful.
This only works if banished storyline is legit such did the hero party have good reason to banished said character, but are abusive jerk the way they handle it. The best example is "Banished from the Hero's Party" Red couldn't keep up with the heroes party anymore and was ask to leave by Ares. Even supplements material made it clear Red would have end up dying in their journey. But what he lack in combat skills he makes up for utilities and networking. Which made Ares action completely stupid because he decided on his own get Red to leave without saying anything to his sister and told everyone else in the heroes party a lie that Red wanted to leave that everyone figured out. Had he kept his mouth shut he would have a chance with Ruti while she grieving for her brother, maybe.
Or have skills that would be impossible to use in the hero's party such as "Beast Tamer" that protagonist Rein skill is taming beast and the stronger the beast are the stronger he get. When he make contracts with several legendary beast girls it put his power greater than the heroes. So even if the heroes knew what Rein needed to be stronger they would not be needed.
However , stories that have obvious powerful characters but are treated as useless just come off dumb and no effort. "The Brilliant Healer" has a very powerful Healer that provides support to his party. Yet they threw him out when they rose in rank despite their success because of him. It took nearly being wiped out to notice their former healer was crucial to the party. The support and healers members would be treated an important member in any D&D campaign.
I don't think I have seen stories where the hero's party had a good reason to throw out a protagonist and everyone involved was better for it.
This only works if banished storyline is legit such did the hero party have good reason to banished said character, but are abusive jerk the way they handle it. The best example is "Banished from the Hero's Party" Red couldn't keep up with the heroes party anymore and was ask to leave by Ares. Even supplements material made it clear Red would have end up dying in their journey. But what he lack in combat skills he makes up for utilities and networking. Which made Ares action completely stupid because he decided on his own get Red to leave without saying anything to his sister and told everyone else in the heroes party a lie that Red wanted to leave that everyone figured out. Had he kept his mouth shut he would have a chance with Ruti while she grieving for her brother, maybe.
Or have skills that would be impossible to use in the hero's party such as "Beast Tamer" that protagonist Rein skill is taming beast and the stronger the beast are the stronger he get. When he make contracts with several legendary beast girls it put his power greater than the heroes. So even if the heroes knew what Rein needed to be stronger they would not be needed.
However , stories that have obvious powerful characters but are treated as useless just come off dumb and no effort. "The Brilliant Healer" has a very powerful Healer that provides support to his party. Yet they threw him out when they rose in rank despite their success because of him. It took nearly being wiped out to notice their former healer was crucial to the party. The support and healers members would be treated an important member in any D&D campaign.
I don't think I have seen stories where the hero's party had a good reason to throw out a protagonist and everyone involved was better for it.
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I'd be shocked if someone wrote a well written story with this premise. It's never going to happen. The good writers just wouldn't bother with using "hero's party" as a writing prompt. They're too busy thinking of non-Literary RPG premises.