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<blockquote data-quote="Aeric" data-source="post: 3648226" data-attributes="member: 17012">Does social standing have a place in your game?Absolutely.&nbsp; If the PCs are a bunch of ragged adventurers come to see the prince, chances are they won't be let through the door unless there are some special circumstances (and a bath and some clean clothes wouldn't hurt, either!).When you make up a background for your character how much depth do you put into it?I used to write up 1-3 pages of character background, including friends, family, lovers, plot hooks, etc.&nbsp; 99 times out of 100 nothing in those backgrounds ever came up, so I stopped bothering.&nbsp; These days, you're lucky to get more than a paragraph out of me.Do you have rules set in place for backgrounds?Sometimes I give bonus XP or action points for backgrounds, but it changes from game to game.Does your DM give you bonus skill points of feats to help flesh out a background?Almost never.Will your DM allow you to play a prince?Probably.&nbsp; It would depend on the story.&nbsp; If it wouldn't make sense for such a character to be involved in this particular adventure, then no.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aeric, post: 3648226, member: 17012"] [B][I]Does social standing have a place in your game? [/I][/B] Absolutely. If the PCs are a bunch of ragged adventurers come to see the prince, chances are they won't be let through the door unless there are some special circumstances (and a bath and some clean clothes wouldn't hurt, either!). [B][I]When you make up a background for your character how much depth do you put into it?[/I][/B] I used to write up 1-3 pages of character background, including friends, family, lovers, plot hooks, etc. 99 times out of 100 nothing in those backgrounds ever came up, so I stopped bothering. These days, you're lucky to get more than a paragraph out of me. [B][I]Do you have rules set in place for backgrounds?[/I][/B] Sometimes I give bonus XP or action points for backgrounds, but it changes from game to game. [B][I]Does your DM give you bonus skill points of feats to help flesh out a background?[/I][/B] Almost never. [B][I]Will your DM allow you to play a prince?[/I][/B] Probably. It would depend on the story. If it wouldn't make sense for such a character to be involved in this particular adventure, then no. [/QUOTE]

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