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<blockquote data-quote="prabe" data-source="post: 9725669" data-attributes="member: 7016699">I think backstories for level 1 characters can be fine, so long as the players realize they're writing backstories for level 1 characters. These days I tend to give the players some details about where things are starting off, and ask them for people or things their characters are connected to--or at least know--there. Since I'm writing my own adventures, it's easy to incorporate whatever I get in the way of backstories or whatever into stuff.These days when I'm writing backstories for fun, they tend to be in the 500-1000 words range, which seems fine. As GM, I've gotten backstories from players ranging from a short paragraph to like 11,000 words (I've had players who didn't give me backstories, which is also fine) and in principle I've been fine with any of those, though very long backstories do have issues with signal-to-noise ratio, in addition to being prone to the &quot;how is this a starting character?&quot; thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prabe, post: 9725669, member: 7016699"] I think backstories for level 1 characters can be fine, so long as the players realize they're writing backstories for level 1 characters. These days I tend to give the players some details about where things are starting off, and ask them for people or things their characters are connected to--or at least know--there. Since I'm writing my own adventures, it's easy to incorporate whatever I get in the way of backstories or whatever into stuff. These days when I'm writing backstories for fun, they tend to be in the 500-1000 words range, which seems fine. As GM, I've gotten backstories from players ranging from a short paragraph to like 11,000 words (I've had players who didn't give me backstories, which is also fine) and in principle I've been fine with any of those, though very long backstories do have issues with signal-to-noise ratio, in addition to being prone to the "how is this a starting character?" thing. [/QUOTE]

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