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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mhensley" data-source="post: 3334576" data-attributes="member: 1604">Waaaay too much rolling for my tastes.  You could easily spend an hour or two just rolling up your background with no real expectation that it would make any sense.HackMaster has a pretty decent system for rolling up your background that could easily be dropped into a d20 game.  Also, didn't the much criticized Hero Builders Guidebook have tables for backgrounds?  Personally I would just rather that the pc's wrote it without any random elements.  Here's the questions I posed to my WFRP players just for this purpose-3 Questions:Answer me these questions three and I'll grant your character an xpbonus.  How much?  It depends on your answers, but in any case it willbe worth your while.  Your answers to these questions are not set instone. They are here to help you to roleplay your character. They areguidelines, not rules.Ready?  Good, you may pick up your pencils and begin.  If you need anyhelp or have any questions, please ask.1. Who are you?What happened to you before the campaign began?  What was your familylike?  Are they still alive?  What did they do and where did they live?Why are you in your present career?2. What do you want?What motivates you?  Write down 3 - 5 core beliefs of you character andhow it influences him.Examples-I trust in Sigmar and will not fear Chaos nor allow their followers tolive.If I could just get enough gold, I would move to Tilea and get awayfrom this god forsaken place.One day I will go to Karak Azgal and find the Axe of Truth.I will avenge my father's death.I will not die penniless like my parents did.Anything will work as long as it provides your character with somemotivation and/or a goal.  Don't worry about being as specific as theexamples.  I can work with you to detail things.  Just think of theseitems as what you want the game to be about and what you want yourcharacter to be doing.3. Who do you know?Write down 3 - 5 people that your character knows and is a part of hislife for good or for ill.  They may or may not be tied to yourmotivations above.  In some cases, they provide yet more motivations.They are people that you want to be involved with the story at sometime or another.  Again, don't get too hung up in details or names.  Ican help you out with that.Examples-Baron Heinscheld - the bastard had my father hanged for forgetting tobow in his presence.Mom - she lives by herself now and I need to check up on her.Renfeld - drinking buddy from back home.  I hear he's in the army now.</blockquote>

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