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Axel
Posted: Feb 26 2004, 10:07 PM
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All right, I'll get to writing up some Iban and Imperial backgrounds, as soon as I finish my take on the class system...
hmm.... I wonder, how'd you feel about converting some AD&D classes to background status, couldn't be too hard....

Anyway, just to give you some ideas what I've got planned, I always base my homebrew stuff on history, so my Imperial background is going to be based largely on a Roman citizen, and my Iban will be based on the Greek states before the dominance of the Athenian Empire.


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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 12:55 AM
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So what are we going to call this big book of backgrounds?


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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 02:51 AM
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I know "The Big Book of Backgrouds not Listed in the Wheel of Time Players Handbook". Na, that will never sell souds to catchy. Seriously though, how about "The Un-official Handbook of New & Revised Character Backgrounds". Serious yet apealing. cool.gif


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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 03:19 AM
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*laughs*
we need something at least not boring...


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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 05:06 AM
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The Return of All Peoples?
BBoSB (Big Book of Sasara's Backgrounds)?
The overly long titled book that is really just a collection of player made and revised backgrounds?

I kind like the third one myself cool.gif


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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 05:15 PM
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I think you're on the right track with the third one, but how about making a couple of minor changes...
"The Extaordinarily Exessively Long Titled Book of Several Revised and New Backgrounds for the Wheel of Time Role Playing Game, Which Was Compiled Especially for Ease of Locating Obscure and/or Minor Backgrounds; Which Have Been Mentioned in the Novels, But Were Not Included in the Officially Licenced Wheel of Time Role Playing Game Books or Net Material"

Now THAT has a nice ring to it.

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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 09:37 PM
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BBoSB (Big Book of Sasara's Backgrounds)?


nah...if you named it for me then people would think I'd written them all...I'm a hyper-writer an all...but not that hyper!


Anyway...how about we be serious...
"Return of All Peoples" at least sounds halfway serious smile.gif


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Posted: Feb 27 2004, 10:14 PM
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how about: "The Great Netbook of Backgrounds"? no wait...better...
the BGB for "Background Book"


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Posted: Feb 28 2004, 12:23 AM
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what about "The Book of Beginnings" or "BOB" for short biggrin.gif


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Posted: Feb 28 2004, 01:29 AM
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Seriously, The Book of Beginings does sound good...and BoB would be a very simple abreviation. I like it.


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Posted: Feb 28 2004, 12:18 PM
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thats what i thought too. i'm usually full of good idea's

don't listen to Magus though he's says summit completly different biggrin.gif


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Posted: Mar 12 2004, 05:29 AM
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Sa'sara how about helping a fellow out by doing a full background for Shadoweve characters? IT would greatly enchance the Threads of the Pattern Project.
I have been thinking about doing one myself but I am just so bloody flaming busy.

Please pretty please?


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Posted: Jul 27 2004, 10:44 PM
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question: did this backgrounds net book ever go anywhere? Are people still interested in it, can I contribute. With, of course, the borderland and midland backgrounds that I just seperated and wrote up. I'd love to see something like this happen...its a great idea. I know that there all of Bekah's backgrounds are up on Call of the Horn, but it would be great to see all the backgrounds from the netbooks and her, and others combined into one place, with the added background feats that different people have come up with.

Plus, another question: has anybody thought about a group of pool feats, that any background could draw from. Because my players are always complaining: my character wouldn't have any of these background feats, and I generally end up letting them take another one from another background that they could justify by their own character developement (like letting my Ebou Dari noble take wealthy). A thought anyways, I dont know what these feats would actually be.

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Posted: Jul 29 2004, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE (Aleshandre @ Feb 27 2004, 10:15 AM)
I think you're on the right track with the third one, but how about making a couple of minor changes...
"The Extaordinarily Exessively Long Titled Book of Several Revised and New Backgrounds for the Wheel of Time Role Playing Game, Which Was Compiled Especially for Ease of Locating Obscure and/or Minor Backgrounds; Which Have Been Mentioned in the Novels, But Were Not Included in the Officially Licenced Wheel of Time Role Playing Game Books or Net Material"

Now THAT has a nice ring to it.

the abreviation for it would be (alphabet)

but I would try these instead

People of the Wheel (PoW)

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Backgrounds and Region expansion (BaRe)



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