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<blockquote data-quote="Presto2112" data-source="post: 5411504" data-attributes="member: 18303">Character backgrounds, for me, have always been more for a player's benefit than the GM's.&nbsp; Personally, when I put a lot of thought and detail into a char background, it fleshes him out more, I know his motivations, I can add little idiosyncracies to his personality.&nbsp; For example, one dwarf wizard I played had a white opal in place of his right eye as a result of a military training accident, and had his mother turned to a vampire when her mining crew accidentally delved into a drow vampire's crypt.&nbsp; His spellbook did not contain any fire-based spells because in his mind, anyone could create fire, and he respected magic too much to do anything with his spells that could easily be replicated with simple labour or technology.&nbsp; None of this was actually used in the campaign to move the plot along, but the work I put into this background really helped me enjoy the character more, because I knew him and where he was coming from.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Presto2112, post: 5411504, member: 18303"] Character backgrounds, for me, have always been more for a player's benefit than the GM's. Personally, when I put a lot of thought and detail into a char background, it fleshes him out more, I know his motivations, I can add little idiosyncracies to his personality. For example, one dwarf wizard I played had a white opal in place of his right eye as a result of a military training accident, and had his mother turned to a vampire when her mining crew accidentally delved into a drow vampire's crypt. His spellbook did not contain any fire-based spells because in his mind, anyone could create fire, and he respected magic too much to do anything with his spells that could easily be replicated with simple labour or technology. None of this was actually used in the campaign to move the plot along, but the work I put into this background really helped me enjoy the character more, because I knew him and where he was coming from. [/QUOTE]

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