Mongobear
2019-06-12, 05:17 PM
Going to begin DMing a new game with my group in a few months, and I'm going to be starting them out above 1st level (atm thinking 3rd, maybe higher depending on where i finalize the direction of the game.)
I want the players to put forth effort in creating characters, above and beyond selecting a background and the traits given. I'd like something they can fall back on if a random PC asks about something from their past, or that I could pull an old friend/enemy from for a small side mission/encounter.
I was considering using the background generators from Xanathars Guide to Everything (5e D&D if this wasn't obvious), but many of the options are tied to a very specific class option, and aren't as universal as I would like.
I also plan to reward anyone who goes the extra mile and gives me a full background I can work with, extra starting gold, maybe even a cool Lowe end magic item for the sake of flavor.
Does anyone know of a resource for this sort of a background generation system? Similar to the XGtE tables, but a bit more open ended for weirder character concepts not in that book? System neutral, or even ones from completely different games are fine, as long as they're available for free somewhere. I don't want to spend money on this.
I want the players to put forth effort in creating characters, above and beyond selecting a background and the traits given. I'd like something they can fall back on if a random PC asks about something from their past, or that I could pull an old friend/enemy from for a small side mission/encounter.
I was considering using the background generators from Xanathars Guide to Everything (5e D&D if this wasn't obvious), but many of the options are tied to a very specific class option, and aren't as universal as I would like.
I also plan to reward anyone who goes the extra mile and gives me a full background I can work with, extra starting gold, maybe even a cool Lowe end magic item for the sake of flavor.
Does anyone know of a resource for this sort of a background generation system? Similar to the XGtE tables, but a bit more open ended for weirder character concepts not in that book? System neutral, or even ones from completely different games are fine, as long as they're available for free somewhere. I don't want to spend money on this.