Oct 28, 2014 11:51 am
Usually I have players right up a background history or answer a survey ala Candi, but Numenera comes with a simple system for creating background that is thorough enough to get a character started but also vague enough to allow for development. It also comes with starting connections so that we can skip the obligatory you meet in a tavern nonsense so common in roleplaying games.
If you are using one of my pregens you will see that I included your background connection, source, and player connection. If you created your own character pick one of the background seeds from the book and expand upon them. Please type up a paragraph for Background Source and a paragraph for Background Connection and post them here. Also post any questions you have here. The Player Connection is just a sentence.
Background source is basically supposed to explain where your powers / skills come from. I provided the seed and you need to elaborate here.
For Example: Ports and Plugs means that you are mechanically enhanced with some form of cybernetic or nano technology interfacing with your brain. What exactly you have and how it works and how it got there is up to you. This is mostly for flavor and doesn't really effect the game. If you need me to elaborate on what your background source seed means please post your questions here.
Background Connection is how you are connected to the rest of the community that you live in. Again you have a seed that should be expanded on. Background source and background connection are generally enough to flesh out the guidelines to rolepaying a character and also tells the other players how to roleplay with you.
Player Connections are how you are connected to one of the other players. Since communities in Numenera are small and tight knit it is likely you have history with one PC already. This is where you can flesh that out.
If you are using one of my pregens you will see that I included your background connection, source, and player connection. If you created your own character pick one of the background seeds from the book and expand upon them. Please type up a paragraph for Background Source and a paragraph for Background Connection and post them here. Also post any questions you have here. The Player Connection is just a sentence.
Background source is basically supposed to explain where your powers / skills come from. I provided the seed and you need to elaborate here.
For Example: Ports and Plugs means that you are mechanically enhanced with some form of cybernetic or nano technology interfacing with your brain. What exactly you have and how it works and how it got there is up to you. This is mostly for flavor and doesn't really effect the game. If you need me to elaborate on what your background source seed means please post your questions here.
Background Connection is how you are connected to the rest of the community that you live in. Again you have a seed that should be expanded on. Background source and background connection are generally enough to flesh out the guidelines to rolepaying a character and also tells the other players how to roleplay with you.
Player Connections are how you are connected to one of the other players. Since communities in Numenera are small and tight knit it is likely you have history with one PC already. This is where you can flesh that out.