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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9280731" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>Easily! For example you can start with</p><p>[spoiler="this video howto background"]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]so2IHwVWZ-4[/MEDIA]</p><p>[/spoiler]</p><p>It's only a problem when the player uses it as a spreadsheet for power or tries to engage in worldbuilding that conflicts with the GM's world or gets rejected by the GM. When the player feels like it is their right to engage in worldbuilding through backstory in isolation as the PHB pretty much telegraphs. There's also the contrasting fact that literally no part of the character creation chapter talks about collaborating with others at this stage & the15isg pages devoted to background aren't much better if backstory is done proactively.</p><p></p><p>Secondly there is the more severe issue where a player has an idea in their head and feels that any conflicts are for the GM to resolve on their end because the 5e glut of pages devoted to background shifts it from being a thing that stays in the background as a secondary tangent to the important things <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/do-you-plan-to-adopt-d-d5-5one2024redux.702682/post-9280647" target="_blank">as 4e & 3.x made clear or implied</a>. Instead of answering questions found in 3.x & 4e phb like </p><p>[spoiler="these"]</p><p>✦ Why did you decide to be an adventurer?</p><p>✦ How did you acquire your class? If you’re a fighter,</p><p>for example, you might have been in a militia, come</p><p>from a family of soldiers, or trained in a martial</p><p>school, or you might be a self-taught warrior.</p><p>✦ How did you acquire your starting equipment? Did</p><p>you assemble it piece by piece over time? Was it a</p><p>gift from a parent or a mentor? Do any of your per-</p><p>sonal items have special significance?</p><p>✦ What’s the worst event of your life?</p><p>✦ What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you?</p><p>✦ Do you stay in contact with your family? What do</p><p>your relatives think of you and your chosen career?</p><p>[/spoiler]</p><p>in order to get an outlook on how the player will play the PC they are often answering them to build up their background with the BIFTs replacing what background once did in order to disruptively not really give much of an outlook on how the player will play the PC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 9280731, member: 93670"] Easily! For example you can start with [spoiler="this video howto background"] [MEDIA=youtube]so2IHwVWZ-4[/MEDIA] [/spoiler] It's only a problem when the player uses it as a spreadsheet for power or tries to engage in worldbuilding that conflicts with the GM's world or gets rejected by the GM. When the player feels like it is their right to engage in worldbuilding through backstory in isolation as the PHB pretty much telegraphs. There's also the contrasting fact that literally no part of the character creation chapter talks about collaborating with others at this stage & the15isg pages devoted to background aren't much better if backstory is done proactively. Secondly there is the more severe issue where a player has an idea in their head and feels that any conflicts are for the GM to resolve on their end because the 5e glut of pages devoted to background shifts it from being a thing that stays in the background as a secondary tangent to the important things [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/do-you-plan-to-adopt-d-d5-5one2024redux.702682/post-9280647']as 4e & 3.x made clear or implied[/URL]. Instead of answering questions found in 3.x & 4e phb like [spoiler="these"] ✦ Why did you decide to be an adventurer? ✦ How did you acquire your class? If you’re a fighter, for example, you might have been in a militia, come from a family of soldiers, or trained in a martial school, or you might be a self-taught warrior. ✦ How did you acquire your starting equipment? Did you assemble it piece by piece over time? Was it a gift from a parent or a mentor? Do any of your per- sonal items have special significance? ✦ What’s the worst event of your life? ✦ What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you? ✦ Do you stay in contact with your family? What do your relatives think of you and your chosen career? [/spoiler] in order to get an outlook on how the player will play the PC they are often answering them to build up their background with the BIFTs replacing what background once did in order to disruptively not really give much of an outlook on how the player will play the PC. [/QUOTE]
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