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Backstory: Read or Playthrough.

Started by Nazgul, July 11, 2012, 09:12:39 PM

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TomatoMalone

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July 13, 2012, 03:03:16 PM
Since my entire gaming group is scattered to the four corners of the wind, we play online. For backstory, I tend to put all the relevant stuff (including starting level and other house rules) in a word document to send to everyone. The DM in my other game has had us play through backstory via a magically induced collective flashback.

Playing through backstory could work if all your PCs have a good reason to have been together since well before the campaign's trouble du jour started, but too much of that and it can feel as contrived as 'four adventurers walk into an inn'
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