Re: That Character just ain't right - was [DL] Looking for random help

[Marguerite Frey <natasha_corey@yahoo.com>]

--- Bob Fletcher <bobfletch@erols.com> wrote:
> I tell all of my players to give
> me a detailed background
> before they start playing a character.

I'm just the opposite, really.  It doesn't matter to
me what a character says he's already done, what
matters is what he's going to do now.  Of course, past
events help drive those decisions, but I don't think a
character (especially a new one) should care more
about what they've already been through OUT of game to
the point where it cause irrational or just plain
stupid decisions IN game.

A background is how the character got to where they
are now, and can have little to no effect on where
they go from there.

Think about it like a play - everybody knows what
Hamlet went through before the curtain opens, and
nobody's paying to see it again.  It's a given - we
all want to see what he's going to do NEXT.

Marguerite of EMGB, otherwise known as Captain Sydney Mallory

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