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xcountry 03-18-08, 06:56 PM	do they acturly affect ur player do u need them to make a chericter or are they extra
Firaeki 03-18-08, 08:17 PM	It depends. There are games and people who play D&D just to blow off their stress by putting an axe through a peasant's head. Plot and character background serve little to no purpose for these people and in these games. Some players and games (my style) involve the backstory as being an explanation for how the character got started, and can give motivation for the DM in order to make the game have a more stroy-like feel to it, but having a simple or not very dramatic backstory won't hurt you if that's the sort of character you want. Some other games and players make the plot and dialoguye of a game be the whole focus, and push the action or development of story aside in order to make these artistic, if not overdone, pieces. Its really up to what kind of people are in your group.