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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 583908" data-attributes="member: 158">I rarely have that problem. More often, I must pull a background out with my bare hands, jsut as one must push toothpaste back into the tube.I have one or two players that are background fanatics, and these are easy to work with. With others, I must give story awards, usually on the order of so much XP per paragraph, with a maximum of * experience points.How about the opposite - a DM who uses absolutely NONE of the background you give him? One DM enjoys using the Central Casting system in our games, but unfortunately, the character comes out the other side looking like a Soap Opera character. One campaign, I refused the option of going through central casting, but wrote up a believeable background with about 3 paragraphs of plot hooks. The DM used none of them, but quite liberally used the plot hooks of those players who had taken the "Central Casting Plunge." I love the idea of Central Casting, but it generally takes a pre-existing character concept and mangles it beyond all recognition. However, it does give fascinating backgrounds when you have absolutely nothing in mind for a new character.</blockquote>