Real Player's Advice: Write a 30 page backstory

I am writing a last-minute player advice post, one last signpost on the road to player greatness. You want to be a great player? You should write a 30-page backstory. I hear your eye roll from over here, you think I am joking. No, I am dead serious (and thank you again Dante, for the inspiration and encouragement to write this one). Let me explain. There are many ways to be a good player, most of them overlap with being a good friend, passing kindergarten, or just learning how to play the game well. But a great player? One who calls forth the best from their table, who makes memories so golden we tell tales of their deeds for years to come? If you want to be a great player, write a 30 page backstory. Or 2, 10, what have you--a LONG backstory, at the start.Next, talk to the GM. Ask questions about the game world before even the first session, be excited to play. Learn what in your backstory doesn't fit the tone, before anyone has seen it yet. Learn what you can and can't have as a…

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