D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

[EzekielRaiden]

So, he'd been on the seas, presumably traveling to various places, for 20 years? And this is your counter evidence that people with normal home lives would never leave their homes?

It would be really nice if just once an example could be used and people address the point being made instead of nit-picking the example. Or, if the example isn't particularly apt because it was a mostly off the cuff remark and not the actual point being made, perhaps suggest a better example instead of wasting a bunch of time nit picking the example (and of course, completely ignoring the other example) and actually address the point being made which is that people do not need to come from broken homes to become adventurers AT ALL.

I mean, good grief, Nelly Bly traveled around the world in less than 80 days, alone, in the late 1900's. Ibn Batutta (sp) traveled around the known world for years - a wealthy lawyer from a by all accounts loving family in the what, 12th century (working from memory here, might have the date wrong). It's not like all or even most of those who hear the call to adventure have to come from heart breaking histories.

Exactly.

Sometimes, growing up in a loving home full of resources makes one yearn for the thrill of adventure over a quiet life.

Sometimes, growing up in a terrible place where you're barely scraping by makes you afraid to leave, lest you lose what little you have.

 

[GobHag]

Must be nice.

In 30 years of gaming, I have seen people come to the table with fully formed characters virtually every single time. I get questions about "What is permitted in the campaign? What is the campaign about (maybe)?" and then the players invariably show up with fully formed characters. And, I would point out, that this has repeatedly been shown in a number of other poster's posts as well.

Players already consider the choices in the PHB to already be the restrictions, that's why there's a majority of players that un/consciously make their characters detached from the GM's setting premise.