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<blockquote data-quote="Morinth" data-source="post: 6857281" data-attributes="member: 6825499">Then it sounds like I haven't communicated myself accurately. It isn't about validation, it's about effort. I enjoy character stuff, I do. But if I come up with a bunch of character stuff, and the character dies within a few gaming sessions, then a lot of that stuff I came up with never really got a chance to be used. Whatever I dreamed up for Sylvia the Bard's story is just petals on the wind. I have to focus on Cindy the Sorcerer now. So maybe I don't spend quite as much time dreaming up stuff for Cindy the Sorcerer, because I know I'm going to have to prep Alice the Wizard to fill the void if Cindy gets eaten by a gelatinous cube or something. It's really about making the most of my time and mitigating any sense of disappointment I might potentially feel at Sylvia's or Cindy's or Alice's aborted character arcs. If I get to play Sylvia the Bard for a good while, and she has a memorable story, then the effort isn't wasted. If I play her three times and she trips over her lute and falls into a pit of lava, I'm going to want that half hour back. And see, what you're describing is pretty much exactly what I would do. Cindy the Sorcerer will have some one-line RP guidelines like this. But I won't be able to tell you name of her childhood pets and her thoughts on the political situation in Faerûn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morinth, post: 6857281, member: 6825499"] Then it sounds like I haven't communicated myself accurately. It isn't about validation, it's about effort. I enjoy character stuff, I do. But if I come up with a bunch of character stuff, and the character dies within a few gaming sessions, then a lot of that stuff I came up with never really got a chance to be used. Whatever I dreamed up for Sylvia the Bard's story is just petals on the wind. I have to focus on Cindy the Sorcerer now. So maybe I don't spend quite as much time dreaming up stuff for Cindy the Sorcerer, because I know I'm going to have to prep Alice the Wizard to fill the void if Cindy gets eaten by a gelatinous cube or something. It's really about making the most of my time and mitigating any sense of disappointment I might potentially feel at Sylvia's or Cindy's or Alice's aborted character arcs. If I get to play Sylvia the Bard for a good while, and she has a memorable story, then the effort isn't wasted. If I play her three times and she trips over her lute and falls into a pit of lava, I'm going to want that half hour back. And see, what you're describing is pretty much exactly what I would do. Cindy the Sorcerer will have some one-line RP guidelines like this. But I won't be able to tell you name of her childhood pets and her thoughts on the political situation in Faerûn. [/QUOTE]

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