Okay, to be honest, I really like the picture for the post because, hello… Death Metal Lawn Gnome Bard!?! Hell yes! More importantly, is the nod this awesome picture of insanity and text gives to gestaltism and the idea that the whole (the Player Character in this example) is primary to the sum of its parts (stats, equipment, powers, etc.), which are all secondary. Robert’s article last week, “I Was a Teenage Munchkin,” and the recent creation of a Sundered Skies character for a play-by-post game made me want to look into something that I’ve always taken great stock in, character backgrounds, and give my two cents on the topic.
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