balistafreak
2010-06-13, 07:37 PM
Out of some sort of mad whim, I started with a single character and used both a maxed-out Leadership score and Psicrystal-Leadership double-cohorting and Leadership-chaining to end up with a diagram of 15+ potential characters and over a hundred followers. All the characters from ECL 5 to 10 have descriptions and stories between them - even the followers are organized into small factions. As for which character(s, from Leadership if allowed) I select, I determine what kind of game's being played and select one accordingly. With 15+ characters, it's not hard to find one that fits a needed party role.
You said "have a backstory", but... anything but this.
Now for the actual question: have you folks ever had to reel backwards, patting the air around you placatingly, crying, "Enough with the character fluff, get on with the game!" How do you deal with a player attempting to make a case for their own backstory taking precedence over the established campaign fluff?
Personally, the response I get is something along the lines of "you want to write stories so bad, go DM". Which I've been doing recently - but I'm starting to get tired of it. I haven't played on the "other side of the screen", so to speak, in a very long time. But how would you reconcile the writer-side of the DM and the gamer-side of the PC into a happier medium than what I'm getting?
You said "have a backstory", but... anything but this.
Now for the actual question: have you folks ever had to reel backwards, patting the air around you placatingly, crying, "Enough with the character fluff, get on with the game!" How do you deal with a player attempting to make a case for their own backstory taking precedence over the established campaign fluff?
Personally, the response I get is something along the lines of "you want to write stories so bad, go DM". Which I've been doing recently - but I'm starting to get tired of it. I haven't played on the "other side of the screen", so to speak, in a very long time. But how would you reconcile the writer-side of the DM and the gamer-side of the PC into a happier medium than what I'm getting?