Quote Originally Posted by Dark View Post
I'd recommend continuing the game with two players. Leave out the guy who doesn't want to play. And if they don't want backstories, then don't try to force them. For one thing, you can role-play without...
Exactly. What's important to the game is who you're character is, not who he or she was. A backstory might make for an interesting read and might provide a couple of future plot-hooks. But when you start playing the game, to what extent does it really matter why your dwarf fighter is a one-eyed halfling-hater so much as your dwarf is a one-eyed halfling-hater.

(...I need to come up with better examples... )