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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Ipplepop" data-source="post: 2805682" data-attributes="member: 39914"><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Whenever I create a character, or have players create characters, a full story (or as much as the player can devise) is done, and then the character is discussed with the DM. I also have a character summary sheet that I use for my novels that I have the players follow (or attempt to anyhow) when they design their characters. That gives my plenty of ideas to start and to plan for. An added bonus: our group is filled with highly creative players that provide enough material session to session to propel the game forward.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">A suggestion given to me by my first DM (and the guy that trained me): Listen to what the characters say <em>out of character</em> and they will give you plenty of ideas on how to keep the game interesting, and encounters they would enjoy... and they won't even realize theya re doing it.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Ipplepop, post: 2805682, member: 39914"] [COLOR=Red][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Whenever I create a character, or have players create characters, a full story (or as much as the player can devise) is done, and then the character is discussed with the DM. I also have a character summary sheet that I use for my novels that I have the players follow (or attempt to anyhow) when they design their characters. That gives my plenty of ideas to start and to plan for. An added bonus: our group is filled with highly creative players that provide enough material session to session to propel the game forward. A suggestion given to me by my first DM (and the guy that trained me): Listen to what the characters say [I]out of character[/I] and they will give you plenty of ideas on how to keep the game interesting, and encounters they would enjoy... and they won't even realize theya re doing it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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