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<blockquote data-quote="Buugipopuu" data-source="post: 5856124" data-attributes="member: 41173">My character is a Shoggoth who studied to become a stockbroker, but ended up becoming a Star Destroyer captain upon advice from his girlfriend, the Ravenous Bug-Blatter Beast of Traal (who also happens to be a Moon Princess), before moving on to open a successful chain of frozen yoghurt shops, which are found in any settlement with more than about a thousand inhabitants.&nbsp; Recently, these shops have been diversifying to a robot-unicorn-based delivery service which is operated through a popular app available for iOS and Android.&nbsp; The most significant event of his life is when his trusty Star Destroyer went into a pitched battle with a giant spaghetti monster, and was destroyed, its remains crashing onto the world's most populous city, killing everyone within a hundred and fifty miles, a disaster from which the city would never recover.&nbsp; Even now refugees from the event are still a common sight anywhere where travellers frequent.Still think that you're running the world of &quot;Yes&quot;?&nbsp; And if no, how do you draw the line?&nbsp; What's totally inappropriate for Dark Sun could be perfect for Eberron, even if you don't go out of your way to create a setting-destroying backstory like the one above.What if one player is a Dwarf, and mentions that he's one of the last of his race, Dwarves having been reduced to a few thousand in number after the great war of twelve years ago, and another player decides that his character is a criminal in the continents-spanning Dwarven empire which has ruled the world with an iron grip for centuries, and is on the run from their ever-present enforcement squads, who have the numbers and resources to track him wherever he runs?&nbsp; Clearly both their backstories can't have happened.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buugipopuu, post: 5856124, member: 41173"] My character is a Shoggoth who studied to become a stockbroker, but ended up becoming a Star Destroyer captain upon advice from his girlfriend, the Ravenous Bug-Blatter Beast of Traal (who also happens to be a Moon Princess), before moving on to open a successful chain of frozen yoghurt shops, which are found in any settlement with more than about a thousand inhabitants. Recently, these shops have been diversifying to a robot-unicorn-based delivery service which is operated through a popular app available for iOS and Android. The most significant event of his life is when his trusty Star Destroyer went into a pitched battle with a giant spaghetti monster, and was destroyed, its remains crashing onto the world's most populous city, killing everyone within a hundred and fifty miles, a disaster from which the city would never recover. Even now refugees from the event are still a common sight anywhere where travellers frequent. Still think that you're running the world of "Yes"? And if no, how do you draw the line? What's totally inappropriate for Dark Sun could be perfect for Eberron, even if you don't go out of your way to create a setting-destroying backstory like the one above. What if one player is a Dwarf, and mentions that he's one of the last of his race, Dwarves having been reduced to a few thousand in number after the great war of twelve years ago, and another player decides that his character is a criminal in the continents-spanning Dwarven empire which has ruled the world with an iron grip for centuries, and is on the run from their ever-present enforcement squads, who have the numbers and resources to track him wherever he runs? Clearly both their backstories can't have happened. [/QUOTE]

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