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<blockquote data-quote="TheAlkaizer" data-source="post: 8234766" data-attributes="member: 7024893"><p>That's how I allow my players to customize their characters beyond what's in the book.</p><p></p><p>I generally tell them "you can change any of the skills, proficiency, equipment and can add a spell or two to your list (with approval) if you engage with the setting and give me a reason why, include it in your background".</p><p></p><p>My latest example, was a new player that I am introducing to TTRPGs. She created a Half-elf Bard and wanted the Find Familiar spell. But it's not on the Bard's list of spells. I said she could have the spell if she wrote why in her backstory, and linked it to at least one person, event or place of the setting.</p><p></p><p>What's great about this, is that it becomes and intrinsic motivation. She read through a few pages of my stuff to find something that would tickle her imagination. She ended up writing that her character's mother was a wizard, and was chased off from the elves for being so, and ended up in a very cosmopolitan city in a place called the Salt Coast. She adjusted her backstory so her character spent some years with her at some point.</p><p></p><p>It's something I've tried a few campaigns ago, and I've been reusing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheAlkaizer, post: 8234766, member: 7024893"] That's how I allow my players to customize their characters beyond what's in the book. I generally tell them "you can change any of the skills, proficiency, equipment and can add a spell or two to your list (with approval) if you engage with the setting and give me a reason why, include it in your background". My latest example, was a new player that I am introducing to TTRPGs. She created a Half-elf Bard and wanted the Find Familiar spell. But it's not on the Bard's list of spells. I said she could have the spell if she wrote why in her backstory, and linked it to at least one person, event or place of the setting. What's great about this, is that it becomes and intrinsic motivation. She read through a few pages of my stuff to find something that would tickle her imagination. She ended up writing that her character's mother was a wizard, and was chased off from the elves for being so, and ended up in a very cosmopolitan city in a place called the Salt Coast. She adjusted her backstory so her character spent some years with her at some point. It's something I've tried a few campaigns ago, and I've been reusing it. [/QUOTE]
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