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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9417281" data-attributes="member: 42582">In my big 4e campaign, at the start of the campaign I (as GM) asked the players to all tell me two things about their PC: (1) a loyalty, and (2) a reason why they would be ready to fight Goblins.The player of the Dwarf fighter came up with the following backstory: in the Dwarfhold in the northern mountains, every young Dwarf has to serve in the army, and you are not a full-fledged adult until you've bested your first Goblin in battle. His character had been serving in the army longer than anyone else of his cohort - every time a big fight was on, he had been elsewhere (running a message for a commander, on kitchen duty, whatever). And so he was the oldest "child" in the Dwarfhold. Frustrated with this status, he had left the hold to go and find a way to prove his adulthood.The colour and humour of this came up throughout the campaign, particularly from one player whose PC would often hassle the fighter about his past lack of accomplishment.But it also set the framework for how the Dwarfhold fitted into the setting, and even though the backstory itself was meant to have a strong element of humour, it also supported some serious ideas and events as the campaign went along.</blockquote>