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Idea

I had this idea about making a Consequences-style ‘session-zero’ background builder.

You must have played the “Consequences” game at some point. A group of people take turns to answer a series of questions on a sheet of paper, without seeing the previous answers, and so a random narrative is generated as a result (for more see here).

I’ve come up with my RPG version of this (link above). The idea is that each PC gets a randomly generated background by using the ‘Consequences’ type mechanic at the table. I suppose it’s not necessary for everyone to have their PC’s background generated this way (but that would be more fun), as long as everyone doesn’t mind chipping in to help fill out the questions.

In my version, people get to read the answer (only) directly above the box they are filling in, just to aid with the consistency of the narrative.

The idea is that the answers to the questions can be used to ‘seed’ a background, or used as is (maybe needing a bit of a narrative to weave things together – i.e. to join up the dots).

Here’s a screen-capture of my Consequences back-ground builder:

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There are lots of creative people out there who could run with this idea, and I’m sure could make up some (more?) interesting questions, and/or questions that fit their campaign better. Indeed, I’d be surprised if this idea has not been proposed by someone before.

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