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<blockquote data-quote="Beard in the Sky" data-source="post: 1382094" data-attributes="member: 16877">My group does the same thing when we have time. We have even done three and four hour solo sessions per character. I have come to the decision lately however that it is possible to put too much emphasis on background and roleplaying. My group is one that roleplays alot and comes up with some background regardless. For the Ravenloft game we are just finishing up, one guy wrote a six or seven page background. The problem is, when you emphasize background -too much- is that you have already had your character experience lots of things and go through changes and you haven't even played them yet. The biggest problem with this is that you can over-complicate a character and immediately during the first session, you realize you have no real handle on what you are trying to do. What you are proposing sounds great and perfectly reasonable... I say go for it! I'm just pointing out that just like there can be too much combat, there can be too much roleplay and background. As is usually the case in life, a moderate mix of all the best things is good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beard in the Sky, post: 1382094, member: 16877"] My group does the same thing when we have time. We have even done three and four hour solo sessions per character. I have come to the decision lately however that it is possible to put too much emphasis on background and roleplaying. My group is one that roleplays alot and comes up with some background regardless. For the Ravenloft game we are just finishing up, one guy wrote a six or seven page background. The problem is, when you emphasize background -too much- is that you have already had your character experience lots of things and go through changes and you haven't even played them yet. The biggest problem with this is that you can over-complicate a character and immediately during the first session, you realize you have no real handle on what you are trying to do. What you are proposing sounds great and perfectly reasonable... I say go for it! I'm just pointing out that just like there can be too much combat, there can be too much roleplay and background. As is usually the case in life, a moderate mix of all the best things is good. [/QUOTE]

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