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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 4529909" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>Arr...it can be hard to pull off in PBP, because of the relatively high rate of player-flake, but I really love games where character background hooks are explored. There's a temptation to just churn out a paragraph or two or three for background, because it's all just fluff and doesn't really matter except to guide roleplaying (which is worthy by itself, of course). But the few games I've played where a character's background comes back to haunt, or redeem, them are the ones that achieve the status of legend in my own personal pantheon.</p><p></p><p>As I look back at the characters I've played, I see that I am fond of unusual, and often hidden, heritage which leads to unusual abilities and burdens. Many, many times the trope of "I seem human but I'm not...quite" is reiterated. Questions of identity are often central. I think the reason I keep revisiting this basic idea is because I've yet to really satisfy the concept's potential in terms of character development.</p><p></p><p>I'm also fond of characters who have other identity issues, like changelings (doppelgangers in 4e parlance) whose identity is malleable, and warforged and/or other artificial beings.</p><p></p><p>I would love a game that offered the opportunity to really tie these questions of identity and meaning that derive from one's past and one's heritage into the game's storyline...in a way that doesn't bore or leave out other characters. </p><p></p><p>Not an easy task by any means, I recognize.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 4529909, member: 4936"] Arr...it can be hard to pull off in PBP, because of the relatively high rate of player-flake, but I really love games where character background hooks are explored. There's a temptation to just churn out a paragraph or two or three for background, because it's all just fluff and doesn't really matter except to guide roleplaying (which is worthy by itself, of course). But the few games I've played where a character's background comes back to haunt, or redeem, them are the ones that achieve the status of legend in my own personal pantheon. As I look back at the characters I've played, I see that I am fond of unusual, and often hidden, heritage which leads to unusual abilities and burdens. Many, many times the trope of "I seem human but I'm not...quite" is reiterated. Questions of identity are often central. I think the reason I keep revisiting this basic idea is because I've yet to really satisfy the concept's potential in terms of character development. I'm also fond of characters who have other identity issues, like changelings (doppelgangers in 4e parlance) whose identity is malleable, and warforged and/or other artificial beings. I would love a game that offered the opportunity to really tie these questions of identity and meaning that derive from one's past and one's heritage into the game's storyline...in a way that doesn't bore or leave out other characters. Not an easy task by any means, I recognize. [/QUOTE]
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