It establishes a history and life experience in your world for their characters so they can reasonably answer how they know what their character would say, or do, or think. They understand combat, they get the dice rolls, turns make sense, but roleplaying… “How do I do that?”, “How do I know what my character would say, or do, or think?” It’s a hard concept to grasp for someone who has never played before, and honestly, it’s not that easy to explain either.Ĭharacter backgrounds give those new players a frame of reference, a role to play. It has been my experience that the hardest aspect of the game for new players to grasp is roleplaying. ![]() This can definitely encourage and improve roleplay. Moreover, a good background, including interesting personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws will give your players (especially newer players) a solid understanding of their character right out of the gate, I’m talking session one. Simply put, character backgrounds anchor your players to your world. Your character’s background reveals where you came from, how you became an adventurer and your place in the world.” (125 PHB) Regardless of DM’ing style or campaign theme, sandbox or rails, dungeon delving or political intrigue, published campaign or homebrew, the addition of character backgrounds is a great tool to help your players immerse themselves in your world, assist in their suspension of disbelief, and just keep the game rolling. ![]() I mean, DM’s have been doing this forever! There is no better way to tie PC’s to your world than to give them a history in it, a past, a background! It gives your players a reason to interact with your NPC’s, to visit a far off land, and to vanquish that BBEG. It’s one of those things that once you see it you wonder why the hell it took five editions for it to be added. The addition of backgrounds to the character creation process is truly a no brainer. (125-141 PHB)īackgrounds reveal where you came from, how you became an adventurer and your place in the world. So today, I thought I would talk about another aspect of the D&D 5e system that I think is fantastic, the inclusion of character backgrounds. The different game mechanics like advantage and inspiration. For the past week or so I’ve been talking about different aspects of the Dungeons & Dragons 5e core rules set that make it a great RPG.
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