Dave is human, human use tool

Humanity as a whole didn't got where it is now by cheer strenght, but by using tools to "cheat". Don't have the size and strenght of a mammoth? Trap him in a hole and light him on fire. Can't swim accross a ocean? Build something that can, and use that to cross the ocean.

Dave can be the same. He don't have the raw strenght to kill a monster? Fine, he'll just use more dakka (warning: tvtropes link), traps, poison, any tools that get the job done.

Dave can use Bob as a tool

Bob is the Chosen, the Chosen kill monster. But do he know how to help? Killing monster is useful, sure, but if Bob protect only a small village while the monsters are raiding the capital, Bob is useless as a whole.

Dave seems to be important in your game's world. He have more information, he have ressources. And when he know of Bob, he can use Bob more effectively.

Having Dave as a quest giver is a twofold advantage: it show Dave more, giving you more time to tell his story, and show him as somebody important.

Moreover, Dave is strong, not as strong as Bob, but you don't become the greatest swordman in a day. He have experience, he know the monsters, he know their weakness (since that's the only way he could kill them).

Dave is a mentor for the player and Bob alike, have him be the guy from the tutorial, but moreover, take the time where Bob is weak (be it by not yet knowing how the game work, or having low stats) to show Dave fighting monsters. Show normal soldiers fighting monsters too. Show that typical humans are steamrolled, where Dave is at least a bump. Depending on the monster, Dave simply surviving the encounter can be shown as a feat itself, especially when the monster can steamroll the player too.

When the player have gained experience, stats and equipment, at some point into the game, sure he can one-hit-kill thoses. But who helped him find monster that he could handle when all Bob had was a stick ? Who protected him from that appeared in the first hour? Who is taking care of all thoses annoying "save the neighboor's kitten from the goblins" quest that Bob can't be bothered to do now that he is a demi-god? Who stalled that monster that was raiding the village so that there was still a village to save when Bob finally arrived?

Dave.

Dave is the maximum of what human can achieve in that world, when even Dave couldn't get here, that mean the game is about to get hard even for Bob. Even for thoses late-game dungeon, show by the information the player get at the beggining on the quest that Dave got there, and the only reason he couldn't clear that dungeon or get that legendary sword was, he was not the Chosen. So Dave give you the key to the dungeon, or the map of the first floor, or warn you that you will need to be prepared for this or that type of monster, or leave the first part of the dungeon empty, since Dave already got there and cleared it. And Dave is human, even you player had to wait for the endgame to know about that dungeon, and Dave already started it before you even started the game. Dave is that awesome.

Dave will be outclassed at some point, accept it, play around it, use it to show why everybody was waiting for the Chosen.

(Answer rewritten after getting information about the type of game OP is working on)

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