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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ffy" data-source="post: 5750586" data-attributes="member: 6667124">I tend to run the first few sessions like the pilot of a TV show. Essentially, the characters are all there, doing what they will be doing for the rest of the run, but some details are still subject to change. The group discusses what classes everyone is rolling beforehand and gets to know the setting, but that's pretty much all that is done before the first session. Once we start the actual play and connections to the world/characters in the world come into play, the players are allowed to catch some 'background hooks', some of which I suggest myself. I allow endless retraining of feats/powers as well as background retcons while the campaign is still getting started. Someone with an urban background might change the exact city they are from or someone else might change some of their history. I find this to be similar to the way TV show pilots are related to the rest of the series - the characters might have family mentioned in the pilot, later to be established instead that they were an orphan; someone's age might change slightly in order to work better with the upcoming plot arcs. It has just felt natural to do it like that since the beginning. It gives a lot of freedom to the players in order to make the world work better and also gives openings for some running jokes about retconned backgrounds.</blockquote>