Today I ran across a YouTube video about White Russians who fought for the Japanese in WWII. I thought something similar would make the ultimate tragic backstory for a character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvgBicIU9mo
What do you think?
Any other true historical weirdness that you think would be good?
The story of St Paul. St. Paul was worshiping another religion and had a vision, and ultimately was struck blind. He had to be taken somewhere and nursed back to full health, where he also regained his sight, before he resumed his life as a cleric in another religion. This would be a good backstory (after appropriate modifications) for a cleric in a campaign that begins around level 5 or higher.
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Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
In WWII, a German pilot named Franz Stigler escorted a crippled American bomber out of German-occupied territory rather than shoot it down. Fifty years later, he reunited with the bomber’s pilot, Charles Brown, and the two became close friends until they died. The story of a disillusioned ex-soldier searching for the enemy who saved his life would be an awesome backstory for a character!
The Chinee historian Yu Huan, who lived during the Three Kingdoms Period (the time of Lu Bu etal) of Chinese history. Though he never left China, he collected large amounts of information on countries to the West, chief among them the Roman Empire.
You could play as a Monk who visited the "Rome" of the setting who returns home giving Yu Huan the information of Rome.
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A little later in East-West Relations. Arcadio_Huang a man who visited the court of Louis the Sun King - so you could in theory have a martial artist meet the Three Musketeers.
Ulysses S Grant. He was a West Point graduate and a veteran of the War with Mexico but couldn't seem to make a living in civilian life. If he had, he probably would never have ended up President of the United States.
The way the game rules are written for players, making a living at some mundane pursuit is a way more mysterious process far beyond that of mere magic. I think that's deliberate to push players into lives of adventure.
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Today I ran across a YouTube video about White Russians who fought for the Japanese in WWII. I thought something similar would make the ultimate tragic backstory for a character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvgBicIU9mo
What do you think?
Any other true historical weirdness that you think would be good?
Another real life weirdness for character backgrounds... The Replacement Goldfish trope. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReplacementGoldfish
The story of St Paul. St. Paul was worshiping another religion and had a vision, and ultimately was struck blind. He had to be taken somewhere and nursed back to full health, where he also regained his sight, before he resumed his life as a cleric in another religion. This would be a good backstory (after appropriate modifications) for a cleric in a campaign that begins around level 5 or higher.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
In WWII, a German pilot named Franz Stigler escorted a crippled American bomber out of German-occupied territory rather than shoot it down. Fifty years later, he reunited with the bomber’s pilot, Charles Brown, and the two became close friends until they died. The story of a disillusioned ex-soldier searching for the enemy who saved his life would be an awesome backstory for a character!
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The Chinee historian Yu Huan, who lived during the Three Kingdoms Period (the time of Lu Bu etal) of Chinese history. Though he never left China, he collected large amounts of information on countries to the West, chief among them the Roman Empire.
You could play as a Monk who visited the "Rome" of the setting who returns home giving Yu Huan the information of Rome.
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A little later in East-West Relations. Arcadio_Huang a man who visited the court of Louis the Sun King - so you could in theory have a martial artist meet the Three Musketeers.
Ulysses S Grant. He was a West Point graduate and a veteran of the War with Mexico but couldn't seem to make a living in civilian life. If he had, he probably would never have ended up President of the United States.
The way the game rules are written for players, making a living at some mundane pursuit is a way more mysterious process far beyond that of mere magic. I think that's deliberate to push players into lives of adventure.