Motivating a new group?

[GILGAMESH]

I find it's often best to devote a session to character generation. Even with players who are willing to do "homework" it's nice to get them all together and have them find ways to interconnect their characters. Also, it allows you to offer info that is campaign specific for their ideas.

That's an excellent idea. That exactly what my DM does. our last campaign was a blast but our group was divided in it's loyalties which made for some infamus in-fighting. In our newest campaign, the DM insists that most of our characters know each other and get along! I really believe that doing it this way has made our group a little more excited about the on coming campaign. And made us work a little harder on our character creating! It's going to be a fantastic campaign!!