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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3697326" data-attributes="member: 14041">A 1st level PC can't have quite that epic a backstory unless he also has amnesia; otherwise his knowledge skills (if nothing else) would be too high.  However, I would certainly be happy to runa a game with a character that started out knowing he had amnesia and these occasional flashes or dreams of familiarity. However, to adress the OP's questions:1) PC backgrounds are great, but should be developed in conjunction with both the DM and other players to ensure they fit the level, expectations, and campaign setting of what is to be run as well as fitting in with the rest of the party.  2) I would not play with people who killed off someone else's PC. I would either make my displesure clear enough that their behavior changed or I would find a new group. Oh and "If a character history is longer than about 100 words i don't bother reading it, because it's likely to be a bunch of badly written wank anyway."  Really.  Every person in my group is a published author, with real books with our names on them. I know what we come up with could hardly be catagorized as that.  I realize you are speaking from your experiance, but I would always give people the benifit of the doubt when it comes to creating character backstrory.</blockquote>