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<blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 1969773" data-attributes="member: 16991"><p>This always seems to be a problem. The people I game with just don't seem to spend enough time on what they have done before joining the party. It happened in the highlevel campaign we started recently and in the mid level game, when Characters had to be replaced. The orginal Charaters were fine, but not everyone put thought into where they came from or how they had earned their levels. </p><p></p><p>I came up with this list to help jog ideas I was thinking 1 per 5 levels (rounded) minmum</p><p>Background Events </p><p><strong>Local......................Travelers......................Either </strong></p><p>Legal Problems ........... Dark Secret ...................Great Betrayal </p><p>Office holder ..............Arch Rival ......................Family Tragedy </p><p>Heroic Quest ..............Military Service ...............Bad Relationship </p><p>Large Family ...............Trading Contacts ............Planar Journey </p><p>Great traveler .............Collector .......................Return from Death </p><p>Local Allay ..................Researcher/Inventor........Undersea Journey</p><p>Family Feud.................Not Relevant Locally ........Superstition</p><p>Reputation .....................................................Personal Tragedy </p><p>Dragon Encounter ............................................Mental Problem </p><p>.....................................................................Physical Problem</p><p>.....................................................................Secret Lore</p><p></p><p>Comments ? Critcism ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evilhalfling, post: 1969773, member: 16991"] This always seems to be a problem. The people I game with just don't seem to spend enough time on what they have done before joining the party. It happened in the highlevel campaign we started recently and in the mid level game, when Characters had to be replaced. The orginal Charaters were fine, but not everyone put thought into where they came from or how they had earned their levels. I came up with this list to help jog ideas I was thinking 1 per 5 levels (rounded) minmum Background Events [B]Local......................Travelers......................Either [/B] Legal Problems ........... Dark Secret ...................Great Betrayal Office holder ..............Arch Rival ......................Family Tragedy Heroic Quest ..............Military Service ...............Bad Relationship Large Family ...............Trading Contacts ............Planar Journey Great traveler .............Collector .......................Return from Death Local Allay ..................Researcher/Inventor........Undersea Journey Family Feud.................Not Relevant Locally ........Superstition Reputation .....................................................Personal Tragedy Dragon Encounter ............................................Mental Problem .....................................................................Physical Problem .....................................................................Secret Lore Comments ? Critcism ? [/QUOTE]
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