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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 2909230" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>I basically tell the PCs the situation and then ask them to come up with how they fit in</p><p></p><p>So for instance in one campaign I told them </p><p><strong>All PCs are associated with the same Temple</strong> from this the half-giant fighter decided that he was a temple guard, the Scorcerer and the rogue were orphans raised in the Temple Orphanage and the cleric was trained at the Temple</p><p></p><p>Other hooks I've used are </p><p>- you are all attending a National Festival in the Capital City </p><p>- you are all members of a travelling circus troupe (that was fun and somewhat ironically noone was a bard!)</p><p></p><p>As a player I usually talk to the other players and see how we can be related - so I have sometimes been the father, brother, friend, old school mate of, or served in the same military sompany as other PCs. Its fun - the trick is to leave enough wiggle room for independent development as well (for instance when I agreed to be the father of another PC it was estranged father who had not seen his daughter (the other PC) since she was in her teens and was only now getting to know her as an adult...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 2909230, member: 1125"] I basically tell the PCs the situation and then ask them to come up with how they fit in So for instance in one campaign I told them [B]All PCs are associated with the same Temple[/B] from this the half-giant fighter decided that he was a temple guard, the Scorcerer and the rogue were orphans raised in the Temple Orphanage and the cleric was trained at the Temple Other hooks I've used are - you are all attending a National Festival in the Capital City - you are all members of a travelling circus troupe (that was fun and somewhat ironically noone was a bard!) As a player I usually talk to the other players and see how we can be related - so I have sometimes been the father, brother, friend, old school mate of, or served in the same military sompany as other PCs. Its fun - the trick is to leave enough wiggle room for independent development as well (for instance when I agreed to be the father of another PC it was estranged father who had not seen his daughter (the other PC) since she was in her teens and was only now getting to know her as an adult...) [/QUOTE]
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