• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Player 5: My parents were adventurers and pressured me into this life. Every summer it was adventure camp. Battle training for three hours a day on top of lessons in navigation, foraging, survival, and lute lessons. I’m only doing this because I have no other skills. Thanks mom & dad…

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    One of my favorite player backstories was a well-to-do guy having a midlife crisis and going on adventures while still writing home sometimes to assure The Wife that he’s just on a business trip. grillman

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m playing a wizard who had a great life but was fascinated by the Underdark and wanted to go there. Everything was fine until she started adventuring lol.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is my current campaign.

    One of my party members is the last survivor of a noble family who got murdered by an usurper, the other is a paladin who swore vengeance against a demonic cult, and the other is a girl who sold her soul to obtain enough power to get retribution against the one who killed her entire family.

    And then there’s me, a goofy dude who has spent a peaceful life as a city guard and is actually pretty chill and looking forward to inheriting his family’s shop.

  • Echinoderm@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    My current campaign has a character whose parents still live in the town where the adventure is largely based. A lot of effort is spent convincing other townsfolk not to tell his mother what he’s been up to. It’s fantastic.