A little diversion Something i did a little while back was, have an NPC take players 'back in time' per say to a specific event which shaped their characters current personality by viewing their memories. It was a flimsy excuse for me to have a look at a characters background, and see how in depth they'd thought about it.

It's something i enjoyed, and i think the players did too.

Now - what i'm offering is, to give a few lucky players the chance to show a group one of their characters 'life altering' moments. Something which they dreaded at the time, something they saw that changed them forever, something that made them who they currently are - you get the general idea.

The format is via the tried-and-trusted omniscient and all-powerful NPC, clinging onto ICness tentatively to give you a chance to show Jonny Bard that place you were always talking about under the tree, when the orcs attacked.

SO. Basically what this boils down to.

If you want to 'see' your characters background come to life (and show a few lucky other folk who'll be along for the ride), send me a PM via this very forum.

I want to see the following :

• Your characters name
• Your login details
• Your class and deity

• The event that happened, along with the names of any tertiary or sub characters, with a beginning, middle, and end. (Keep it simple!)

If i like the idea, it'll happen at a random point in the future of my own choosing - i reserve the right to do whichever ones i see fit, and even make little minor alterations here and there.

At the very least, you can think a little bit more about your character, and why they do what they do.

Happy?

Please don't post your backgrounds under under this forum, they'll be removed - only send them via PM. And don't expect a reply!

- NC

Cool idea! I might submit one if I ever get off my lazy ass.

I love this idea... it helps build "character" of the characters, and encourages a more developed history for them.

I've just the event I'd want for Eowung... 8)

So can this be how they got to the Underdark? And how long would you like this scene to be?

How long is a piece of string?

And of course, you can have it on the surface, too.

|---------------| this long, not to scale.

Sounds like a good idea anyway. I'll work on it when i've hit a couple of coursework deadlines coming up I think.

Is there a deadline for this..and will we know before hand a time that this is going to take place or will we just be walking along and enter a memory trance? (That might be interesting actually...)

Is this still available? This is perfect for Quadra; it'd beat out having to, you know, do it myself somehow. :D

Wow that would help so much as Quadra's background is like.....wow confusing.

I am sending one through for Shauna Trevail - 2 events that could be placed end to end.

Hope it makes the Cut

Cheers

oh now this could be great seeing as both my charactors histories are loosly intertwined i could staple em off for the both of em in the one shot... will write one up after though i know who it will focus on more being Vilia as she has a huge history (just ask Matham im only half way through telling her history and we were talking for like 3 hours XD XD but then again her history is very detailed right down to blow by blow accounts so that dont have to be worried about lol)

Elytherin Dragonius oh now this could be great seeing as both my charactors histories are loosly intertwined i could staple em off for the both of em in the one shot... will write one up after though i know who it will focus on more being Vilia as she has a huge history (just ask Matham im only half way through telling her history and we were talking for like 3 hours XD XD but then again her history is very detailed right down to blow by blow accounts so that dont have to be worried about lol)

Yeah her Story is pretty hardcore very nicely told just make sure uve got time though goes for like 6 hours ^_^ worth it though

the only downfalls to my charactors histories is that i dont write em down so names generally get changed as i go through when having to retell or have delays between parts of the story because i dont rember them 100% i rember what they done but i dont rember their names... kinda sucks but yeah

DAMN I LOVE RP AND STORYTELLING :D

Should i send it to you, NC, or do you remember?