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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6118441" data-attributes="member: 4937">This happens with me a lot.  Usually you can rework the backstory slightly to get around these problems.   They are also a great oppurtunity to insert, "Your character believes this is what happened.  In reality, some details of what your character believes are wrong and may be revealed in play.  Are you ok with that?"  For example, one of my characters believes his mother was an elvish slave, kidnapped by a cruel man and forced to maintain a sham marriage before dying in childbirth.  Anyone that knows anything about elves in my game knows that story is pretty much impossible.  So, what detail or details is wrong?  The answer depends on whether you said, 1 or 10 to my, "How much can I mess with you?" question.  He said 10.  Muhahahahahhaa.Yep.</blockquote>