(03-20-2015, 08:35 AM)allgivenover Wrote: Let's discard the special argument for a moment and just approach it from another way. What does this sort of background bring to the table in RP?
* She tells other characters where she came from and they say "oh wow", and then nothing happens.
* She tells other characters where she came from and they don't believe her, and then nothing happens.
My point is, it doesn't really add anything to the roleplay you'll actually be doing. It's just a special detail that makes her origin unique and cannot be used by anyone else or built upon because it has no grounding in the game lore, and thus no common acceptance.
THe sad part is you can come up with a "special" character that's completely lore compliant if people don't like playing "normal" characters, but they never actually look into the lore with any depth to do so. They just see it as an obstacle and thats really sad