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For questions primarily about character creation (also: character generation or character design), the process of making a character whose role the player will assume. Character creation is about realizing the concept of the character within the options and rules of the RPG system.

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How can I help a player craft a backstory that gives me plot hooks?

Humans are storytellers, so why not let the player tell the story of his PC (on a piece of paper, that is)? Instead of the usual "let's answer some questions and boom, we have a character background", …
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