D&D 5E "Lifepath" character creation in DMG?

[DEFCON 1]

Hey folks,

I've been thinking about my upcoming 5E campaign I intend to run... and when it comes to character creation, I have it stuck in my head that we had heard a rumor previously that the DMG was going to include a "lifepath" style of generation as a character creation module. Step-by-step of selecting or rolling on charts to figure out where your character started, his/her childhood, teen years, into adulthood... gaining the Background, BIFTs and Classes etc. through that system, rather than just abitrarily choosing them.

Does anyone else remember this as an actual rumor that cropped up for the DMG, or am I just misremembering something completely and wrongly? As a fan of these kinds of lifepath character creation methods, if the DMG did in fact include one I'd be more inclined to wait until November to start my campaign... but I'd want to make sure it was actually being included in the book if I do.

Thanks!

 

[TerraDave]

I am also remembering that "vague rumor", would certainly be interesting to have.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Hadn't heard it, hope it's not true! A decent lifepath system takes up a huge amount of space AND will conflict with the way backgrounds are used AND tends to be culturally specific (to some significant degree), rather than applicable to all the races/regions/worlds of D&D (Elf lifepath and human one, for example...). So we'd be either looking at something half-arsed, or something taking a huge amount of space. Lose/lose imho.

Would make a decent Dragon article, though.

(Let's be clear - I love a good lifepath system, but only a GOOD one, and they take up SO MUCH space - the first DMG, which is going to be pushed for space anyway, what with a zillion optional rules, rules for creating monsters, classes, and so on, is really not imho the place for one!)