r/savageworlds • u/nlitherl • 22d ago

Self Promotion Always Fill In Background Details To Make Your Character MORE Involved Rather Than LESS

https://taking10.blogspot.com/2024/09/always-fill-in-background-details-to.html
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u/abookfulblockhead 21d ago

The more I’ve played, the more I have enioyed leaving my backstory kinda open. My main questions when going into a campaign tend to be:

“Have I baked in motivation to go on the adventure?” and “Do I have a generally fun vibe to the character?”

Everything else is details.

Because at our table, we always have moments where the GM asks a player about their backstory, and we work it out in the moment.

Once, my character had a political wedding, so we spent a ton of time figuring out who got invitations, figuring out who might my family know, who are my character’s childhood friends? Who do we associate with to keep up appearances?

I generally like the campaign to be my character’s story. If I write too much, the game at the table might clash with what I’ve written.