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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 5410354" data-attributes="member: 29112"><p>Personally, I've found that those who want "to roleplay" will, and those who don't, won't.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That said, if you're keen on this kind of thing for d20, there's always <a href="http://files.crngames.com/cc/sweet20/experience.html" target="_blank">Sweet20</a>, for changing "just" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> the XP system.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway, I like your list well enough, JD. However, I'd insist on some family details, if going this route. Reason being, we all have one - characters included - and it's such a fundamental defining thing. So, something like...</p><p></p><p>Who were you raised by? Do you have any siblings? Who are/were your grandparents? Which of these people are still alive? If so, whereabouts, in what situations/conditions, and how well do you get along with each of them?</p><p></p><p>Just off the top of my head, but it'll do for now. Possibly a purely optional addition of one or more skeletons in the family closet (could be literally, and animated, what's more, being D&D <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />) and whether these have been discovered by anyone; that kind of thing. Admittedly, this could of course be assumed as one path leading from the last point on your list. So, perhaps not worth adding.</p><p></p><p>If my thoughts and/or words are a bit scattered today, my apologies - Christmas rush, minor illness, and the rest. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 5410354, member: 29112"] Personally, I've found that those who want "to roleplay" will, and those who don't, won't. That said, if you're keen on this kind of thing for d20, there's always [url=http://files.crngames.com/cc/sweet20/experience.html]Sweet20[/url], for changing "just" ;) the XP system. Anyway, I like your list well enough, JD. However, I'd insist on some family details, if going this route. Reason being, we all have one - characters included - and it's such a fundamental defining thing. So, something like... Who were you raised by? Do you have any siblings? Who are/were your grandparents? Which of these people are still alive? If so, whereabouts, in what situations/conditions, and how well do you get along with each of them? Just off the top of my head, but it'll do for now. Possibly a purely optional addition of one or more skeletons in the family closet (could be literally, and animated, what's more, being D&D :D) and whether these have been discovered by anyone; that kind of thing. Admittedly, this could of course be assumed as one path leading from the last point on your list. So, perhaps not worth adding. If my thoughts and/or words are a bit scattered today, my apologies - Christmas rush, minor illness, and the rest. :) [/QUOTE]
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