^ Preach, brotha! Preach!

I couldn't have said it better myself. Though, if you manage to survive long enough, your character can become quite powerful and out of the ordinary. That's just the reward, I suppose.

Chaosium's answer to being powerful is just perfect: "You wanna summon elder creatures and throw spells at everything? You wanna go crazy too? 'Cause it's a package deal."