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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8627194" data-attributes="member: 16814">I'm going to sidebar on this, as it's a great example of approaching a character as a concept versus a question.&nbsp; Needing to know past history in some sufficient resolution is necessary to present a character as concept.&nbsp; Here the goal of play is to evince this concept -- tragic hero, orphan with a heart of hold, etc.&nbsp; Play is showcasing concept, which is not expected to change. Character as question needs far less backstory because play isn't about evincing a concept, but discovering the character.&nbsp; Backstory here is fluid, available as needed to fill in some immediately relevant to play detail.&nbsp; Here it's far more important to know what the central questions about this chatacter are than any detailed pre-story.D&amp;D has always favored character as concept.&nbsp; And if you're steeped in this, the quick hit of questions in the provided example isn't anywhere near enough to evince a concept.&nbsp; But that's not the point of SN play.&nbsp; Trying to evince a concept in SN is not ever going to work because that concept is going to be attacked in play and extremely likely to be shredded.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8627194, member: 16814"] I'm going to sidebar on this, as it's a great example of approaching a character as a concept versus a question. Needing to know past history in some sufficient resolution is necessary to present a character as concept. Here the goal of play is to evince this concept -- tragic hero, orphan with a heart of hold, etc. Play is showcasing concept, which is not expected to change. Character as question needs far less backstory because play isn't about evincing a concept, but discovering the character. Backstory here is fluid, available as needed to fill in some immediately relevant to play detail. Here it's far more important to know what the central questions about this chatacter are than any detailed pre-story. D&D has always favored character as concept. And if you're steeped in this, the quick hit of questions in the provided example isn't anywhere near enough to evince a concept. But that's not the point of SN play. Trying to evince a concept in SN is not ever going to work because that concept is going to be attacked in play and extremely likely to be shredded. [/QUOTE]

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