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| − | Backgrounds should roughly come in three parts of 6 or more lines each. Below is a set of loose guidelines for | + | Backgrounds should roughly come in three parts of 6 or more lines each. Below is a set of loose guidelines and motivational questions to give you a sense of what staff looks at for in a 'complete' background. |
| − | The | + | *The primary section is the ''''at a glance''''. This should help players quickly familiarize themselves with the character's broad strokes and immediate fame/notoriety, if any. |
| − | + | **What is the character's recent history known? | |
| − | The | + | **What [[Text Timeline - Modern Age|major events]] did they participate in or what groups are they a part of? |
| − | + | ::Someone unfamiliar with the character should have a passing acquaintance of their immediate past after reading the background. | |
| − | The | + | *The first background section should focus on '''early life'''. |
| + | **Where was the character born? | ||
| + | **Did they come from a good household, were they raised by penguins under [[Gotham]] Zoo, or were they decanted from a cloning tank last year? How were their origins part | ||
| + | **How did they live during their early years? | ||
| + | *The next section should be '''origins'''. | ||
| + | **What motivated them to become a hero or a villain? This is the 'call to adventure' that starts the Hero's Journey: | ||
| + | ***It might be the death of a loved one; | ||
| + | ***Witness to a violent crime | ||
| + | ***Adoption by a more senior hero | ||
| + | **Having heard the call to adventure, did they pursue that quest to completion before their current state, or is it still looming over them? Are they a callow youth or hard and experienced hero/ine? | ||
| + | ::This should bring the reader up to date on the character, though additional sections are permissible if the background gets very expository. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:58, 2 January 2019
Backgrounds should roughly come in three parts of 6 or more lines each. Below is a set of loose guidelines and motivational questions to give you a sense of what staff looks at for in a 'complete' background.
- The primary section is the 'at a glance'. This should help players quickly familiarize themselves with the character's broad strokes and immediate fame/notoriety, if any.
- What is the character's recent history known?
- What major events did they participate in or what groups are they a part of?
- Someone unfamiliar with the character should have a passing acquaintance of their immediate past after reading the background.
- The first background section should focus on early life.
- Where was the character born?
- Did they come from a good household, were they raised by penguins under Gotham Zoo, or were they decanted from a cloning tank last year? How were their origins part
- How did they live during their early years?
- The next section should be origins.
- What motivated them to become a hero or a villain? This is the 'call to adventure' that starts the Hero's Journey:
- It might be the death of a loved one;
- Witness to a violent crime
- Adoption by a more senior hero
- Having heard the call to adventure, did they pursue that quest to completion before their current state, or is it still looming over them? Are they a callow youth or hard and experienced hero/ine?
- What motivated them to become a hero or a villain? This is the 'call to adventure' that starts the Hero's Journey:
- This should bring the reader up to date on the character, though additional sections are permissible if the background gets very expository.
