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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5024631" data-attributes="member: 8835">good question.&nbsp; I'd have to ponder what's out of bounds and what's in bounds.Saying, &quot;My parents shipped me off to wizards school.&nbsp; I just graduated.&quot; would make sense if you were playing a wizard.Maybe not so much if you were playing a fighter.Saying &quot;My parents shipped me off to wizards school.&nbsp; I killed the headmaster with a fireball spell that I learned from his secret library.&quot; would probably be out of bounds.Aside from having an event of dubious nature (really, a 1st level killing a presumably high level...) it also is trying to claim the PC used a spell they can't cast.Assuming the back story for a 1st level PC is supposed to be a true document of the PC's background for the GM to read, rather than &quot;what the PC is telling others&quot;, then whatever's written should make sense within the scope of what a 1st level PC should be able to do.So a PC can't write in stuff to start the game with that the PC can't start the game with.&nbsp; I expect the backstory to JUSTIFY the PC as is.Plus, as we know, I'm wary of the PC introducing major pre-game events.&nbsp; Kicking a head master's butt sounds like something that'd be cooler in play (and require proving in play).Did I answer the question, or did I miss?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5024631, member: 8835"] good question. I'd have to ponder what's out of bounds and what's in bounds. Saying, "My parents shipped me off to wizards school. I just graduated." would make sense if you were playing a wizard. Maybe not so much if you were playing a fighter. Saying "My parents shipped me off to wizards school. I killed the headmaster with a fireball spell that I learned from his secret library." would probably be out of bounds. Aside from having an event of dubious nature (really, a 1st level killing a presumably high level...) it also is trying to claim the PC used a spell they can't cast. Assuming the back story for a 1st level PC is supposed to be a true document of the PC's background for the GM to read, rather than "what the PC is telling others", then whatever's written should make sense within the scope of what a 1st level PC should be able to do. So a PC can't write in stuff to start the game with that the PC can't start the game with. I expect the backstory to JUSTIFY the PC as is. Plus, as we know, I'm wary of the PC introducing major pre-game events. Kicking a head master's butt sounds like something that'd be cooler in play (and require proving in play). Did I answer the question, or did I miss? [/QUOTE]

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