SPECIAL NOTICE
Malicious code was found on the site, which has been removed, but would have been able to access files and the database, revealing email addresses, posts, and encoded passwords (which would need to be decoded). However, there is no direct evidence that any such activity occurred. REGARDLESS, BE SURE TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS. And as is good practice, remember to never use the same password on more than one site. While performing housekeeping, we also decided to upgrade the forums.
This is a site for discussing roleplaying games. Have fun doing so, but there is one major rule: do not discuss political issues that aren't directly and uniquely related to the subject of the thread and about gaming. While this site is dedicated to free speech, the following will not be tolerated: devolving a thread into unrelated political discussion, sockpuppeting (using multiple and/or bogus accounts), disrupting topics without contributing to them, and posting images that could get someone fired in the workplace (an external link is OK, but clearly mark it as Not Safe For Work, or NSFW). If you receive a warning, please take it seriously and either move on to another topic or steer the discussion back to its original RPG-related theme.

Help with a player background

Started by bnickelsen, February 05, 2015, 09:21:44 PM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

bnickelsen

February 05, 2015, 09:21:44 PM
I need a some suggestion filling in the blank for one of my players background
 
So far it starts like this.
He is a Dragonborn Barbarian., in his youth he and others of his age were sent into the wilderness as part of their coming of age ritual. He had been witness to this tradition many times growing up. However here is the twist, when he returned all the people of his clan were gone. Vanished with out trace or clue.
 
The mystery is what happened.
 
Also wondering if there is anything in the D&D 5e aventure "Queen of the dragon Hoard" that might tie in with this kind of plot line?

dbm

#1
February 06, 2015, 03:50:06 AM
Raymond E Feist has a whole series of books which starts with a very similar premise: Talon of the Silver Hawk

Whilst the youth is away finding his adulthood, his village and all the others for miles around are razed to the ground by a marauding army. Thus starts a life of vengeance...

Omega

#2
February 06, 2015, 06:20:11 AM
Well you could leave it a unknown until something develops later that clicks for you or the player to connect.

As for Hoard. Actually. Yes there is. Early in the module the PCs will discover that the raiders are taking more than loot. They also take people. So it is possibly a whole tribe was taken. Possibly by magical dominance or however else would make sense that they were rounded up without a struggle.

RPGPundit

#3
February 08, 2015, 09:55:17 PM
Quote from: bnickelsen;814299I need a some suggestion filling in the blank for one of my players background
 
So far it starts like this.
He is a Dragonborn Barbarian., in his youth he and others of his age were sent into the wilderness as part of their coming of age ritual. He had been witness to this tradition many times growing up. However here is the twist, when he returned all the people of his clan were gone. Vanished with out trace or clue.
 
The mystery is what happened.
 
Also wondering if there is anything in the D&D 5e aventure "Queen of the dragon Hoard" that might tie in with this kind of plot line?

Hey, welcome to theRPGsite!
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

rawma

#4
February 10, 2015, 11:19:08 PM
Quote from: bnickelsen;814299He is a Dragonborn Barbarian., in his youth he and others of his age were sent into the wilderness as part of their coming of age ritual. He had been witness to this tradition many times growing up. However here is the twist, when he returned all the people of his clan were gone. Vanished with out trace or clue.
 
The mystery is what happened.
 
Also wondering if there is anything in the D&D 5e aventure "Queen of the dragon Hoard" that might tie in with this kind of plot line?

What colors or metals of Dragonborn are he and his clan? Regardless, it could fit in with Hoard of the Dragon Queen (the Cult of the Dragon or its allies want to use them - kidnapped - or stop them from meddling - wiped out - or the clan fled into hiding to avoid either - evacuated).

Another idea is false memories - his clan never actually existed. Then the real mystery is where he actually came from; who implanted the memories and why. Or the clan made a pact with some power (maybe they were all sorcerers) and the due date came up.
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions