Not gonna lie, that’s a PERFECT backstory for a level 1 character! No great accomplishments, no edgy tragedy, just a reason to adventure. The only things you need to add are a couple of names (parents, hometown) so you don’t have to make them up on the spot, and maybe a trainer or street gang that helped him get his fighting training.
Oooooh, don't mind if I do! I hope it wouldn't be a bother if I whipped up a quick background for you? Of course, it would be just a suggestion as most people tend to enjoy creating their own characters but I thought maybe I would do a wee bit of dabbling to jog some creative juices.
I've got the basic concepts down
-parents wanted him to be a scholar or wizard
-decided that fighting was more fun
-ran away from home to fufill his need for said fighting
-------------------------------------------------
They say peace of the mind is important, and yet peace of the body seems not to work so well for me. For what is peace for one, if not the sound of a fist to a fleshy face? Well, my old academy teachers (or monastery monks if you go for the monk route) didn't seem to agree so well when they saw me punching the lights out of some little old halfling. Its not my fault the fight started, they just couldn't seem to stop lookin at me funny so I thought I would, ah, stop it for them ya know. I just couldn't deal with all these eyes expecting so much, I mean why do we have to be so serious all the time. I wasn't cut out for this stuffy book stuff. So in the cold of a dreary night, I stole a dark stallion and pounded off into the night, because when you can be free why should you try not to be? And oh, the liberation of being on the streets without parents breathin down ya neck every second. It was glorious, almost as glorious as that dwarve's face when I threw him a slugger which got me thinking. Fightin is fun, so other people must find it fun, ya? So I began to travel and thats why I be here with my bloody fists.
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Fintan Alasadiar: |High (Moon) Elf|Fighter| Rime of the Frostmaiden|
Wafku Dyandriver:|Mountain Dwarf|Warlock|Fighter|
Errk:|Arakorca|Ranger|
DM:The Dragons of Icespire Peak Campaign, Frozen Sick
''I will serve injustice with justice.'' 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖓𝕬𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖗𝕼𝖎𝖑𝖆
Maybe say he beat some to death and got exiled? Just a suggestion, don't take me seriously.
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I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it. Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks. MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
I had a "monk" blacksmith apprentice (family trade) that was a troublemaker in his insular Halfling community but only as an annoyance and never enough to be banished.
Kind of a lout who liked to show his physical prowess (among Halflings mind you).
Kept away from the travelers which was fine with him given how the insular community portrayed outsiders - no real desire to leave... until some drunken Human louts (travelling outsiders) were causing trouble at the tavern for out-of-towner big-folk. My character came out bloodied but (barely) victorious... but also intrigued by such people from beyond the village borders, bolstered by his victory (however slim).
While the village saw potential in my character's ability as a bouncer, my character saw opportunity in the bigger world and left for the big-folk cities... only to be blindsided by life in big-folk cities.
There was the whole matter of working for coin to trade (blacksmithing) rather than just doing work for someone in the community and someone in the community would provide as well, and not a lot of opportunities to get into competitions or scrapes without getting into serious trouble.
Not really the exciting life he hoped to find outside his home village... until he heard about something people called "adventuring" and decided to keep his ear to the ground for opportunities. Session zero begins.
No monastery involved. All monastic-flavored abilities "reflavored" into fisticuffs without changing any of the mechanics.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Don't a lot of warrior stories start the way? Like getting into a fight with someone and ending up accidentally killing them?
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I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it. Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks. MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it. Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks. MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
Clerks 😂😂😂
Yup! I know all of Dante's woes that were referenced in any View Askew movie.😁
I'll always favor the non-heroes who never intended to be heroes becoming heroes anyway whether they wanted to be heroes or not. It may be fiction, but the idea of anyone - absolutely anyone - can be a hero is my favorite trope and hope for IRL people in general.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
Clerks 😂😂😂
Yup! I know all of Dante's woes that were referenced in any View Askew movie.😁
I'll always favor the non-heroes who never intended to be heroes becoming heroes anyway whether they wanted to be heroes or not. It may be fiction, but the idea of anyone - absolutely anyone - can be a hero is my favorite trope and hope for IRL people in general.
First paragraph: You know he’s named for the Inferno guy. Oh, and my friend’s mom cleaned Jason Mewes’s teeth once back when he was still broke right before they made the movie. And I’ve been to Kevin Smith’s comic book shop in Red Bank.
I actually worked with Brian O'Halloran for two days on a non-acting job several years ago. My wife used to work with his girlfriend and their boss was short-handed on a project so everyone asked significant others to chip in so he and I both got recruited for that project. It was actually how I got into education in the first place. He was a really nice guy.
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
Clerks 😂😂😂
Yup! I know all of Dante's woes that were referenced in any View Askew movie.😁
I'll always favor the non-heroes who never intended to be heroes becoming heroes anyway whether they wanted to be heroes or not. It may be fiction, but the idea of anyone - absolutely anyone - can be a hero is my favorite trope and hope for IRL people in general.
First paragraph: You know he’s named for the Inferno guy. Oh, and my friend’s mom cleaned Jason Mewes’s teeth once back when he was still broke right before they made the movie. And I’ve been to Kevin Smith’s comic book shop in Red Bank.
Second paragraph: I totally agree.
First paragraph: Cool! That's awesome!
Second paragraph: The problem and trick for me is trying to balance how the Universe has deemed us to be pointless while making the unintended heroism still matter and be very important regardless. Knowing when (and if) to focus on different scopes of existence gives me writer's block more than anything - the paradox of having no meaning but still meaning something - nihilism coexisting with optimism. It makes my brain hurt just trying to think about explaining it plainly much less writing a story with those aspects.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
Clerks 😂😂😂
Yup! I know all of Dante's woes that were referenced in any View Askew movie.😁
I'll always favor the non-heroes who never intended to be heroes becoming heroes anyway whether they wanted to be heroes or not. It may be fiction, but the idea of anyone - absolutely anyone - can be a hero is my favorite trope and hope for IRL people in general.
First paragraph: You know he’s named for the Inferno guy. Oh, and my friend’s mom cleaned Jason Mewes’s teeth once back when he was still broke right before they made the movie. And I’ve been to Kevin Smith’s comic book shop in Red Bank.
Second paragraph: I totally agree.
First paragraph: Cool! That's awesome!
Second paragraph: The problem and trick for me is trying to balance how the Universe has deemed us to be pointless while making the unintended heroism still matter and be very important regardless. Knowing when (and if) to focus on different scopes of existence gives me writer's block more than anything - the paradox of having no meaning but still meaning something - nihilism coexisting with optimism. It makes my brain hurt just trying to think about explaining it plainly much less writing a story with those aspects.
Oh. My. Gosh. Yes. That is the hardest part of being a writer.
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I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it. Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks. MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Imagine being an innate optimist who has come to recognize the futility of it all. Subconsciously you keep wanting things to be better, but a lifetime of disappointment has beaten you into submission to the point where deep down inside you know the mountain of shinola will only get worse, and then you’ll be dead. The mountain will continue to get worse, but you are optimistic that you at least won’t have to deal with it, but you wholly expect that to let you down too.
Imagine being an innate optimist who has come to recognize the futility of it all. Subconsciously you keep wanting things to be better, but a lifetime of disappointment has beaten you into submission to the point where deep down inside you know the mountain of shinola will only get worse, and then you’ll be dead. The mountain will continue to get worse, but you are optimistic that you at least won’t have to deal with it, but you wholly expect that to let you down too.
...but that's the opposite of how I feel. My intents are: The universe doesn't care what we do, but what we do still matters.
Most of us never give it a second thought even though it's always there. I do my best to keep those scopes separate or they'll end up making the story some kind of passion play, parable, or sermon, but it also must be present peripherally to make the heroism important even in a universal scope.
This relates into the original idea from the OP similar to Roy from the Order of the Stick - child of magic users, preferred to fight rather than use magic, left to pursue fighting. In The Order of the Stick, Roy's choices do matter on a universal scale - the existence of the world is at stake, he knows it, and he knows his importance in it.
That's not what I'm hoping to achieve.
For the OP's basis, I'd go with "I'm going to do what I want and you can't stop me because what you want doesn't matter - only what I want..." ..****y to learn that there's more going on, growing in scope until there's a balance between what matters and what doesn't.
Knowing our true place in the universe shouldn't stop us from doing great things when called upon. That's why Epic NPC D&D appeals to me greatly. They know they're inconsequential, but they were forced out into the [game] world initially for equally inconsequential reasons on the surface and are now facing things beyond their sphere of relevance because they're still connected to it all however inconsequential.
It's the "It's not about me. It's about us" trope originating out of Nihilistic tropes.
...and now, my head is pounding because I still don't think I explained it effectively by any means.🤷🏻♂️
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it. Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks. MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Meh. It's about creating meaningful intent and motivation - something I find lacking in many backstories because people create heroes instead of level 1 characters.
Why does a simple level 1 character want to go adventuring? Nothing those characters do could possibly matter. Right?
I lean toward, they didn't intend to go adventuring and end up learning what matters despite what doesn't matter. Trying (and I think failing) to explain that is what made me take a trip through the Universe and back.
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
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Not gonna lie, that’s a PERFECT backstory for a level 1 character! No great accomplishments, no edgy tragedy, just a reason to adventure. The only things you need to add are a couple of names (parents, hometown) so you don’t have to make them up on the spot, and maybe a trainer or street gang that helped him get his fighting training.
Wizard (Gandalf) of the Tolkien Club
Agreed
He wants to see the world and kill stuff
Spooky Kids? lol
Oooooh, don't mind if I do! I hope it wouldn't be a bother if I whipped up a quick background for you? Of course, it would be just a suggestion as most people tend to enjoy creating their own characters but I thought maybe I would do a wee bit of dabbling to jog some creative juices.
I've got the basic concepts down
-parents wanted him to be a scholar or wizard
-decided that fighting was more fun
-ran away from home to fufill his need for said fighting
-------------------------------------------------
They say peace of the mind is important, and yet peace of the body seems not to work so well for me. For what is peace for one, if not the sound of a fist to a fleshy face? Well, my old academy teachers (or monastery monks if you go for the monk route) didn't seem to agree so well when they saw me punching the lights out of some little old halfling. Its not my fault the fight started, they just couldn't seem to stop lookin at me funny so I thought I would, ah, stop it for them ya know. I just couldn't deal with all these eyes expecting so much, I mean why do we have to be so serious all the time. I wasn't cut out for this stuffy book stuff. So in the cold of a dreary night, I stole a dark stallion and pounded off into the night, because when you can be free why should you try not to be? And oh, the liberation of being on the streets without parents breathin down ya neck every second. It was glorious, almost as glorious as that dwarve's face when I threw him a slugger which got me thinking. Fightin is fun, so other people must find it fun, ya? So I began to travel and thats why I be here with my bloody fists.
Fintan Alasadiar: |High (Moon) Elf|Fighter| Rime of the Frostmaiden|
Wafku Dyandriver:|Mountain Dwarf|Warlock|Fighter|
Errk:|Arakorca|Ranger|
DM: The Dragons of Icespire Peak Campaign, Frozen Sick
''I will serve injustice with justice.'' 𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖓𝕬𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖗𝕼𝖎𝖑𝖆
Maybe say he beat some to death and got exiled? Just a suggestion, don't take me seriously.
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it.
Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks.
MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Don't even TRY to argue with me about Star Wars.
I like that suggestion.
I had a "monk" blacksmith apprentice (family trade) that was a troublemaker in his insular Halfling community but only as an annoyance and never enough to be banished.
Kind of a lout who liked to show his physical prowess (among Halflings mind you).
Kept away from the travelers which was fine with him given how the insular community portrayed outsiders - no real desire to leave... until some drunken Human louts (travelling outsiders) were causing trouble at the tavern for out-of-towner big-folk. My character came out bloodied but (barely) victorious... but also intrigued by such people from beyond the village borders, bolstered by his victory (however slim).
While the village saw potential in my character's ability as a bouncer, my character saw opportunity in the bigger world and left for the big-folk cities... only to be blindsided by life in big-folk cities.
There was the whole matter of working for coin to trade (blacksmithing) rather than just doing work for someone in the community and someone in the community would provide as well, and not a lot of opportunities to get into competitions or scrapes without getting into serious trouble.
Not really the exciting life he hoped to find outside his home village... until he heard about something people called "adventuring" and decided to keep his ear to the ground for opportunities. Session zero begins.
No monastery involved. All monastic-flavored abilities "reflavored" into fisticuffs without changing any of the mechanics.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Don't a lot of warrior stories start the way? Like getting into a fight with someone and ending up accidentally killing them?
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it.
Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks.
MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Don't even TRY to argue with me about Star Wars.
For warriors, I think the revenge route is more common followed by atoning for a wicked life followed by accidental death followed by victim of circumstance followed by "warriors just wanna have fun".
My preference is victim of circumstance in the form of "I'm not even supposed to be here today" non-heroic heroism.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Yes. Very much yes.
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it.
Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks.
MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Don't even TRY to argue with me about Star Wars.
Clerks 😂😂😂
Yup! I know all of Dante's woes that were referenced in any View Askew movie.😁
I'll always favor the non-heroes who never intended to be heroes becoming heroes anyway whether they wanted to be heroes or not. It may be fiction, but the idea of anyone - absolutely anyone - can be a hero is my favorite trope and hope for IRL people in general.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
First paragraph: You know he’s named for the Inferno guy. Oh, and my friend’s mom cleaned Jason Mewes’s teeth once back when he was still broke right before they made the movie. And I’ve been to Kevin Smith’s comic book shop in Red Bank.
Second paragraph: I totally agree.
I actually worked with Brian O'Halloran for two days on a non-acting job several years ago. My wife used to work with his girlfriend and their boss was short-handed on a project so everyone asked significant others to chip in so he and I both got recruited for that project. It was actually how I got into education in the first place. He was a really nice guy.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
First paragraph: Cool! That's awesome!
Second paragraph: The problem and trick for me is trying to balance how the Universe has deemed us to be pointless while making the unintended heroism still matter and be very important regardless. Knowing when (and if) to focus on different scopes of existence gives me writer's block more than anything - the paradox of having no meaning but still meaning something - nihilism coexisting with optimism. It makes my brain hurt just trying to think about explaining it plainly much less writing a story with those aspects.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Oh. My. Gosh. Yes. That is the hardest part of being a writer.
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it.
Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks.
MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Don't even TRY to argue with me about Star Wars.
Imagine being an innate optimist who has come to recognize the futility of it all. Subconsciously you keep wanting things to be better, but a lifetime of disappointment has beaten you into submission to the point where deep down inside you know the mountain of shinola will only get worse, and then you’ll be dead. The mountain will continue to get worse, but you are optimistic that you at least won’t have to deal with it, but you wholly expect that to let you down too.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
...but that's the opposite of how I feel. My intents are: The universe doesn't care what we do, but what we do still matters.
Most of us never give it a second thought even though it's always there. I do my best to keep those scopes separate or they'll end up making the story some kind of passion play, parable, or sermon, but it also must be present peripherally to make the heroism important even in a universal scope.
This relates into the original idea from the OP similar to Roy from the Order of the Stick - child of magic users, preferred to fight rather than use magic, left to pursue fighting. In The Order of the Stick, Roy's choices do matter on a universal scale - the existence of the world is at stake, he knows it, and he knows his importance in it.
That's not what I'm hoping to achieve.
For the OP's basis, I'd go with "I'm going to do what I want and you can't stop me because what you want doesn't matter - only what I want..." ..****y to learn that there's more going on, growing in scope until there's a balance between what matters and what doesn't.
Knowing our true place in the universe shouldn't stop us from doing great things when called upon. That's why Epic NPC D&D appeals to me greatly. They know they're inconsequential, but they were forced out into the [game] world initially for equally inconsequential reasons on the surface and are now facing things beyond their sphere of relevance because they're still connected to it all however inconsequential.
It's the "It's not about me. It's about us" trope originating out of Nihilistic tropes.
...and now, my head is pounding because I still don't think I explained it effectively by any means.🤷🏻♂️
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Uh........ This went from a thread about a backstory to a thread about a deep writing and D&D concept..........
I am part of the Cult of Grammar. Respect us. Or we will find the slightest mistake in your grammar, and never let you forget it.
Clones would have saved Star Wars, and Kylo Ren sucks.
MAKE THE EMPIRE GREAT AGAIN!!! I am a stormtrooper, and the Skywalker family is made of nothing but idiots who are insane. Cough Anakin and Luke Skywalker Cough
Don't even TRY to argue with me about Star Wars.
Meh. It's about creating meaningful intent and motivation - something I find lacking in many backstories because people create heroes instead of level 1 characters.
Why does a simple level 1 character want to go adventuring? Nothing those characters do could possibly matter. Right?
I lean toward, they didn't intend to go adventuring and end up learning what matters despite what doesn't matter. Trying (and I think failing) to explain that is what made me take a trip through the Universe and back.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.