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<blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 3024840" data-attributes="member: 21938">I'd say not so much 'no character background' but 'open character background' is perhaps better.&nbsp; There was even an example of this in the 2nd Ed. rules where a player says someting like &quot;My dwarf is a grumpy little fellow who honours his clan&quot; and the DM replies &quot;Oh, he's probably from the Ironcrown mountains&quot;.I'm definitely a stickler for the correct sort of names for characters - no &quot;Dave the Fighter&quot; for me!Last little bit of info that really breeds verisimilitude is the little details.&nbsp; I used to run a Lankhmar campaign and Fritz Leiber throws a lot of side details that never get fleshed out, and I did the same, especially &quot;Sweet Tovylian Wine&quot;.&nbsp; If the players know stupid stuff like wine from Tovylis (City, I beleive, of Beggars) is yellow and sweet then it grounds them in the world a bit more. (Plus you could use a bottle of Tokay as a prop one night!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr Simon, post: 3024840, member: 21938"] I'd say not so much 'no character background' but 'open character background' is perhaps better. There was even an example of this in the 2nd Ed. rules where a player says someting like "My dwarf is a grumpy little fellow who honours his clan" and the DM replies "Oh, he's probably from the Ironcrown mountains". I'm definitely a stickler for the correct sort of names for characters - no "Dave the Fighter" for me! Last little bit of info that really breeds verisimilitude is the little details. I used to run a Lankhmar campaign and Fritz Leiber throws a lot of side details that never get fleshed out, and I did the same, especially "Sweet Tovylian Wine". If the players know stupid stuff like wine from Tovylis (City, I beleive, of Beggars) is yellow and sweet then it grounds them in the world a bit more. (Plus you could use a bottle of Tokay as a prop one night!) [/QUOTE]

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