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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9456208" data-attributes="member: 93670">[ATTACH=full]379587[/ATTACH]☆Totally the Gm's fault when Bob's character gimli Skywalker (the super famous dwarf Jedi who used to adventure with drizzt) doesn't fit into a star Trek game.  Nor is it the gm's fault when they just take hard pass and say no each time Bob brings up stuff like his old ship the Enterprise where they ended the Dominion war by using the force against the sith Lord known as the Borg Queen.  The PC is incapable of existing or having a backstory until it is shaped by the setting.  Far too many ignore that fact and simply blame the gm for not trying harder to make it fit.IME the absolute worst offenders of this are "I made this backstory straight from Tolkien's works and since Tolkien is pretty much generic fantasy I can draw on unlimited amounts of Tolkien and expect it to fit any setting or the gm is too inflexible".  A player might not need to know the details of geopolitics and esoteric religious tidbits, but they absolutely must come to the table with a PC not likely to be locked in a place like Arkham asylum for presenting like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy-prone_personality#:~:text=Fantasy%2Dprone%20personality%20(FPP),living%20in%20a%20dream%20world%22." target="_blank">literal DSMIV crazy person</a> to the average commoner in ways that are out of touch with reality.  I think the fact that the generic fantasy Tolkien PC even coming up in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd3stb5fz8I" target="_blank">this</a> relevant Colleville video  adds weight to the idea that I'm not alone in this observation.☆ I am aware that is not the Jedi Professor Gandalf. We should all know that is the former dalek war soldier turned rebel spice miner against the empire in the well known award winning <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Stargate/s/krt74qON0I" target="_blank">stargate galactica series</a>.</blockquote>

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