ElenionAncalima
2014-01-02, 03:05 PM
So I am starting a game with two players, each playing two characters, where the party will be competing in a tournament held by a dragon. For the campaign, one of the players wrote a backstory where his two characters are half brothers and their father has recently been sentenced and imprisoned for a series of crimes, of which he claims to be innocent.
The player left the details of the alleged thefts and whether or not the father is guilty open-ended. It is clear that this is a subplot that he would like me to develop in the game. I have no problem with this in theory, but I have been thinking and thinking and still have no inspiration for how to include it into the game.
I most likely have a lot of time before the players return to their home region. However, I feel like I need to come up with something that:
a) Won't disappoint the player
b) Won't totally derail the story, since helping their father is going to be more important to them that competing in a tournament.
tl;dr - Does anyone have any advice for incorporating player backstories smoothly into their story or any cool ideas for a subplot where a street performer/former thief might be framed or claim to be framed for thefts?
The player left the details of the alleged thefts and whether or not the father is guilty open-ended. It is clear that this is a subplot that he would like me to develop in the game. I have no problem with this in theory, but I have been thinking and thinking and still have no inspiration for how to include it into the game.
I most likely have a lot of time before the players return to their home region. However, I feel like I need to come up with something that:
a) Won't disappoint the player
b) Won't totally derail the story, since helping their father is going to be more important to them that competing in a tournament.
tl;dr - Does anyone have any advice for incorporating player backstories smoothly into their story or any cool ideas for a subplot where a street performer/former thief might be framed or claim to be framed for thefts?