From:	Andre' Selmer <031SEA@******.WITS.AC.ZA>
Subject:	Re: Character Quirks
Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 1995 10:18:56 +0200

}On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Stephen M. Bugge wrote:
}
}> Another thing I like to do with my characters is give them a past that is
}> always trying to catch up with them.
}
} Often times, you don't even need to do this in the characters'
}backgrounds. My players are notorious for not cleaning up loose ends,
}which only leads to a past that's trying to throttle you. Stuff like
}this can be developed during game play (but yes, its even more fun when
}you start out screwed...)
}

It is (at least for me) difficult to play a character without a
history, whether it catchs up is up to the GM, but the history of the
individual molds the way that he / she / it thinks

Andre'

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