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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 2677799" data-attributes="member: 16991">I always create backgrounds for my PCs and make occasional use out of the players backgrounds.  If they are starting past 2nd level I insist on them having one, and it usually gets worked out in a discussion, what they want to play vs how the world is set up.   It comes with a reason to travel with the party, and a few background relationships, more frequently with organizations then individuals.  I had one player who would write up 1-2 pages for each character, he was a powergamer, but liked his background stories and cultures.   The Backgrounds are more likely to shape the way the PCs react to things rather than come up specifically in play.  Example - 2 pcs were raised by a tribe of barbarians owned by a dragon, one still worshiped dragons while the other ploted to kill them, sending NPC hunters after them, and making boots out of a Wyrmling.  They were eventually supposed to return, but they didn't make it that far.</blockquote>