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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 1857964" data-attributes="member: 17596">I mentioned above that PC backstorires are very important to me as a DM, but I've never actually required or even requested a backstory in writing. Having used the interview technique I mentioned in my earlier post, I've found it's most effective to get the kind of information that will prove useful to me without taking up much time or requiring any skill as a writer on the part of my players. I'd certainly welcome a written backstory, but I've never made that request. Basically, my idea of getting a character's backstory is a game of 20 Questions I ask the PC. I take notes, maybe ask a follow up question, that sort of thing. It helps to get the creative juices flowing on both sides of the fence and came to me after picking up the Legend of the Five Rings rpg years ago. In it were twenty questions a player should ask himself about his character to get a better handle on the type of character they wanted to play. I merely adapted that idea into an interview with the PC. It's actually fun for everyone, so far. And it certainly makes it easier to bring PCs from various backgrounds together when you have all these questions answered early on.</blockquote>