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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BluWolf" data-source="post: 368934" data-attributes="member: 627">I usually like players to tell everyone else in the group wha they will be playing. Well atleast the obvious things anway. then I will work with them individually to develop backgrounds. Sometimes in person. More commonly over email.After that I like to spend at least an hour or so working through the details.Other times I will give everyone a mandate:Start with 3000 XP, you can take any race or class but everyone must have 1 lvl of rogue and no lawful aligns.or You are all members of the same barbarian tribe. Only races are human, classes are Barbarian, ranger, shaman or sorcerer.I have found either approach can work. I usually don't worry about making a mandate too narrow as party attrition will usually accomodate someone wanting to play that Drow Monk eventually.I have never tried the prison thing.Actually my favorite (i've used twice same village) is "you are all from the same village and your going to the local dungeon".When they get back after a typical 1st level dungeon crawl I've had the whole village sacked and burned with the survivors carted off as meat treasure.Honestly those both worked the best.</blockquote>