Backed Story Backstory is a finicky, variable thing. I’ve had players show up with a small novel, with most of it focusing on their family and several past generations and almost no attention on the character themselves, let alone why […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Highly Motivated Sometimes you design a character knowing exactly how you want them to evolve as an individual over the course of the campaign. Perhaps you’re telling a redemption arc where they grow from being a reaver, criminal, or mercenary […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dark Background As a DM it’s important to give your villains realistic and interesting origins. But unless the players know this backstory, they have precious little impact on the campaign. Conveying this information is the tricky part. Very often it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rewarding Behaviour As I’ve probably mentioned a dozen times recently, I’m running a more sandbox campaign after years of Adventure Paths and/or pre-published adventures. Which allows me more time to explore the backstories of my player’s characters, rather than those […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Background: Harlot Before you took to adventuring, you were once a member of the oldest profession, exchanging money for the pleasure of your company. The life of a harlot is a dangerous one – only slightly less dangerous than being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the Past One of the big additions to D&D for 5th Edition is the idea of a “background”. Similar to secondary skills from 2nd Edition or traits in Pathfinder, a background is what your character was before they were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
