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<blockquote data-quote="Weiley31" data-source="post: 8395277" data-attributes="member: 7017196"><p>I not exactly sure if it would be ground breaking or anything, but my one bud who plays a Warlock said that he enjoyed the idea a lot when I did it. So here it goes:</p><p></p><p>Basically, at a certain point in the session I was DMing recently for my two buds, I had the Ranger pc and the Warlock pc roll and make a History check. Upon passing the check, the scene shifted from the current present and flashbacked to a moment from the two pc's past. The Ranger pc remembered the time he was learning/training his Two Weapon Fighting style while having a talk with his Ranger mentor npc, who will appear in the next session. The details of the mentor was left totally unknown so that way, it would be a surprise to learn the Half-Elf Ranger was taught "how to Ranger" by his mentor which is also a bit of a surprise on who it is. </p><p></p><p>The Warlock's flashback was when he was interviewed and accepted into the "Arcane Society" Brotherhood that he is currently a member of. It showed the terms and agreements as well as the Warlock's request for the field of study that he wished to learn, as well as being granted full Autonomy in regards to any arcane discoveries made. This particular moment from the past was <em>BEFORE</em> he became a Great Old One Warlock.</p><p></p><p>Both characters, upon finishing their respective flashback, earned a point of Inspiration. The idea is that at certain points in the campaign, these History checks will happen and, little by little, reveal the backstories of both pcs via roleplaying. Now I know what your thinking and shouting from the back: "What if they fail the History check?" Well the DC for these are intentionally set very low so failing them isn't really an issue. Second, some of the past events shown within these flashbacks have taken elements that were a result of role playing from my buds during the session. Case in point, the Warlock player was the one who came up with the term for the Arcane Society and inserted it into the fiction of the campaign automatically where I had no idea there was even going to be an Arcane Society <em>at all.</em> So as DM, I basically rolled with the punches so to speak and incorporated the Role Playing from the Warlock player into the fiction of the campaign while creating Npcs, that I never had the original intention of making, into existence.</p><p></p><p>Future History check Flashbacks will eventually include how the Ranger pc acquired his Panther beast companion, how the Warlock became a Great Old One pactbound, how the Ranger pc's Mentor found him, and perhaps even more important details. And yes probably at the end of each of em, they'll gain a point of Inspiration just like the first time it happened. <em>if the PCs already are capped out at 3 Inspiration Points, then they'll instead gain the effects of a Short Rest instead.</em></p><p></p><p>As I said before, seems like the idea is liked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weiley31, post: 8395277, member: 7017196"] I not exactly sure if it would be ground breaking or anything, but my one bud who plays a Warlock said that he enjoyed the idea a lot when I did it. So here it goes: Basically, at a certain point in the session I was DMing recently for my two buds, I had the Ranger pc and the Warlock pc roll and make a History check. Upon passing the check, the scene shifted from the current present and flashbacked to a moment from the two pc's past. The Ranger pc remembered the time he was learning/training his Two Weapon Fighting style while having a talk with his Ranger mentor npc, who will appear in the next session. The details of the mentor was left totally unknown so that way, it would be a surprise to learn the Half-Elf Ranger was taught "how to Ranger" by his mentor which is also a bit of a surprise on who it is. The Warlock's flashback was when he was interviewed and accepted into the "Arcane Society" Brotherhood that he is currently a member of. It showed the terms and agreements as well as the Warlock's request for the field of study that he wished to learn, as well as being granted full Autonomy in regards to any arcane discoveries made. This particular moment from the past was [I]BEFORE[/I] he became a Great Old One Warlock. Both characters, upon finishing their respective flashback, earned a point of Inspiration. The idea is that at certain points in the campaign, these History checks will happen and, little by little, reveal the backstories of both pcs via roleplaying. Now I know what your thinking and shouting from the back: "What if they fail the History check?" Well the DC for these are intentionally set very low so failing them isn't really an issue. Second, some of the past events shown within these flashbacks have taken elements that were a result of role playing from my buds during the session. Case in point, the Warlock player was the one who came up with the term for the Arcane Society and inserted it into the fiction of the campaign automatically where I had no idea there was even going to be an Arcane Society [I]at all.[/I] So as DM, I basically rolled with the punches so to speak and incorporated the Role Playing from the Warlock player into the fiction of the campaign while creating Npcs, that I never had the original intention of making, into existence. Future History check Flashbacks will eventually include how the Ranger pc acquired his Panther beast companion, how the Warlock became a Great Old One pactbound, how the Ranger pc's Mentor found him, and perhaps even more important details. And yes probably at the end of each of em, they'll gain a point of Inspiration just like the first time it happened. [I]if the PCs already are capped out at 3 Inspiration Points, then they'll instead gain the effects of a Short Rest instead.[/I] As I said before, seems like the idea is liked. [/QUOTE]
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