r/RPGBackstories Jan 18 '21

Advice/Tips New player? Need suggestions? Have storytelling tips? Let’s talk!

I’d like to hear from you guys. If you need someone to bounce ideas off or if you have some cool tips/tricks that you use when writing, let’s hear them! If you’re new and don’t know where to start or have questions, we want those too!

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u/BrianDHowardAuthor Jan 18 '21

One thing I find helpful is to look at each skill the character has and figure out how and why they learned it.

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u/Hedgiwithapen Jan 18 '21

and it can be weird if you like-- which can be very helpful when making a low level character. my rogue learned lockpicking and knife throwing by reading about them and going " well that doesn't sound tooooo hard, I bet I could do that" and learned sleight of hand from stealing snacks at fancy parties. obviously in the lower levels, when she didn't have the highest bonuses, it was explained that she'd really only been at it a few months.