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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7115023" data-attributes="member: 97077">My philosophy is Show, Don't Tell. I ask players to produce a backstory or statement about their character that is no longer than a Tweet (140 characters). I think that is sufficient space to succinctly get across the main points of the character from which we can all build on that during actual play as the player is inspired by the events of the campaign.As an example, one of the players in my current campaign wrote for his wood elf monk/wizard: &quot;As darkness corrupted his home, Amyr felt it creep into his heart as well. Now the city's vices keep him from returning to his elven roots.&quot; In the campaign we're playing, there happened to be a wood elf village. Because he left some space for me to build on his backstory, I was able to add some NPC family members that resented him leaving them behind. This worked perfectly to create an engaging social interaction challenge and flesh out the backstory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7115023, member: 97077"] My philosophy is [I]Show, Don't Tell[/I]. I ask players to produce a backstory or statement about their character that is no longer than a Tweet (140 characters). I think that is sufficient space to succinctly get across the main points of the character from which we can all build on that during actual play as the player is inspired by the events of the campaign. As an example, one of the players in my current campaign wrote for his wood elf monk/wizard: "As darkness corrupted his home, Amyr felt it creep into his heart as well. Now the city's vices keep him from returning to his elven roots." In the campaign we're playing, there happened to be a wood elf village. Because he left some space for me to build on his backstory, I was able to add some NPC family members that resented him leaving them behind. This worked perfectly to create an engaging social interaction challenge and flesh out the backstory. [/QUOTE]

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