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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Character background
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:36:36 +0100
Brian W Allison said on 13:53/22 Dec 96...

> Does anyone else require a significant character background before
> allowing someone to bring a character into a game?

Not really, I just want some basics of who the characters is and what
he/she is like, nothing more. It doesn't even have to be written down.
Unless the player wants to write a big essay, of course...

BTW, I don't like the 20 questions from the rulebook... In my experience,
players give much too short answers to them ("Where was the character
born?" "In Downtown Seattle."), and I'm guilty of this too. Starting from
scratch with a new document in the word processor works much better for
me.

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