I just finished Empire of the Vampire and Empire of the Damned and while I really enjoyed them, I hated the fact that Gabriel is supposed to be this bad ass Silversaint vampire hunter and yet he is constantly getting his ass handed to him and getting miraculously rescued at the last second.
Or when the supposed bad ass has some hidden ability finally unlocked in the heat of battle.
Nah, I want more characters like Roland Deschain who are actual bad asses (flawed is fine.)