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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6379395" data-attributes="member: 59082">This has crossed my mind, but I think it will be this--in terms of rules options (splats)--but also include the story arc thing people have talked about - transmedia adventure paths.It may also be that Mearls &amp; Co are going to tentatively try a few different things, see what bites. But they've undoubtedly noticed the adventure path-driven success of Pathfinder and are going to try to create their own version of it. We already know they want to go transmedia on our asses, so I don't see why this wouldn't involve something akin to Dragonlance. Good thing you can do that, and quite easily. How does having an official background inhibit this natural process?&nbsp; In most media characters don't start as blank slates - they have a background when the story starts, even if it is &quot;farmboy&quot; or &quot;blacksmith's apprentice&quot; or &quot;circus performer.&quot; Think of the backgrounds in the PHB as what a character did before they took up a life of adventuring. Most people want to start a campaign when the adventure starts, not when they're shoeing horses (that said, I hope that the DMG provides an optional rule for something akin to 1E's &quot;zero-level characters&quot;).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6379395, member: 59082"] This has crossed my mind, but I think it will be this--in terms of rules options (splats)--but also include the story arc thing people have talked about - transmedia adventure paths. It may also be that Mearls & Co are going to tentatively try a few different things, see what bites. But they've undoubtedly noticed the adventure path-driven success of Pathfinder and are going to try to create their own version of it. We already know they want to go transmedia on our asses, so I don't see why this wouldn't involve something akin to Dragonlance. Good thing you can do that, and quite easily. How does having an official background inhibit this natural process? In most media characters don't start as blank slates - they have a background when the story starts, even if it is "farmboy" or "blacksmith's apprentice" or "circus performer." Think of the backgrounds in the PHB as what a character did before they took up a life of adventuring. Most people want to start a campaign when the adventure starts, not when they're shoeing horses (that said, I hope that the DMG provides an optional rule for something akin to 1E's "zero-level characters"). [/QUOTE]

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