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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8702962" data-attributes="member: 7006">The fact that you are doing your own charts and reasonings to bring the party together is much better and will ultimately prove more fruitful than anything WotC might've put in the DMG.&nbsp; So in the long run I think you're going to end up finding yourself better off than if you just relied on any generic WotC random table about why the PCs are together.&nbsp; Good work!I mean it's like all the Bonds/Ideals/Flaws/Traits tables WotC makes for the Backgrounds.&nbsp; Sure, they are all fine for generic ideas... but none of them have any specificity towards what a person's PC is really going to know/have/experience in the campaign setting their DM is running.&nbsp; So none of those charts really end up being that useful, and you could say almost a waste of page and wordcount.&nbsp; A player making up their own BIFTs specific to the game they will be in will always be better.Maybe it's just me... but every time someone wishes WotC would include something in the game so that they wouldn't have to do it themselves, I can't help but think that's really not true.&nbsp; Because making it up yourself will actually give you what you need, rather than some default idea by WotC that has to try to be everything for everyone, but ends up being nothing for no one.I think you have made the right choice by creating your own.&nbsp; Here's hoping it works well for you!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8702962, member: 7006"] The fact that you are doing your own charts and reasonings to bring the party together is much better and will ultimately prove more fruitful than anything WotC might've put in the DMG. So in the long run I think you're going to end up finding yourself better off than if you just relied on any generic WotC random table about why the PCs are together. Good work! I mean it's like all the Bonds/Ideals/Flaws/Traits tables WotC makes for the Backgrounds. Sure, they are all fine for generic ideas... but none of them have any specificity towards what a person's PC is really going to know/have/experience in the campaign setting their DM is running. So none of those charts really end up being that useful, and you could say almost a waste of page and wordcount. A player making up their own BIFTs specific to the game they will be in will always be better. Maybe it's just me... but every time someone wishes WotC would include something in the game so that they wouldn't have to do it themselves, I can't help but think that's really not true. Because making it up yourself will actually give you what you need, rather than some default idea by WotC that has to try to be everything for everyone, but ends up being nothing for no one. I think you have made the right choice by creating your own. Here's hoping it works well for you! [/QUOTE]

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