There's got to be some image out there of a heroic looking badass standing in a vast empty field... That might do it.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.Problem is, one of the key things about the Ineffectual Loner is that he/she doesn't do anything in battle.
Didn't say battlefield... I'm sure I can find something that'll fit that, given enough time. Not sure how much I have, though.
But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.What about Amarant from Final Fantasy IX? The whole point of his story before he joins the party is that he is ineffectual as a loner.
The standard manual picture can be found here
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Another popular picture can be found here
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And here
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Personally, I like the first and third best. We could probably find a larger version of the third if need be.

Pretty straightforward case here. Don't see how there's anyway to represent this visually.
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