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Party Backstory Generator for 5e and Other Systems

for GMs and players - 5e, Pathfinder, and more. Create limitless backstory, one-shots, side quests.

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Party Backstory Generator for 5e and Other Systems

Party Backstory Generator for 5e and Other Systems

Party Backstory Generator for 5e and Other Systems

Party Backstory Generator for 5e and Other Systems

Party Backstory Generator for 5e and Other Systems

for GMs and players - 5e, Pathfinder, and more. Create limitless backstory, one-shots, side quests.

for GMs and players - 5e, Pathfinder, and more. Create limitless backstory, one-shots, side quests.

for GMs and players - 5e, Pathfinder, and more. Create limitless backstory, one-shots, side quests.

for GMs and players - 5e, Pathfinder, and more. Create limitless backstory, one-shots, side quests.

Justin Sirois
Justin Sirois
Justin Sirois
Justin Sirois
2 Campaigns |
Baltimore, United States
$51,235 USD by 1,864 backers
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Overview
LUKE GYGAX -- "The Party Backstory Generator is a collaborative storytelling supplement that’s a helluva a lot of fun for you and your players. It’s sort of like a workbook from your college lab class in that you get to draw out the starting region for your campaign, but everyone gets to collaborate and add their own touch so your whole group is invested in the setting. This book is a fun improv exercise that will get your group off to a great new start."

How did everyone in your party meet? What alliances or tensions exist? Who screwed over who and what will you do about it?

For Fifth Edition (all editions really), Pathfinder, and other fantasy RPG systems, the Party Backstory Generator solves this problem quickly and easily. This is a simple, straightforward guide of limitless customization.

Build meaningful alliances and tensions between multiple party members with this map making, backstory and one-shot off-night story builder. “Choose two characters…” – it’s the prompt in this unique book that will bond your party in fun and meaningful ways. This book doesn’t create individual characters. It solely focuses on unifying your players with randomized background, conflicts, skills, and tragedies.

Do you need a Game Master to use this book? Nope! If your party wants to use this book without a Game Master, you can take it and create your own backstory by yourselves.  

Suitable for all ages.

 

What's in the book?

  • Over 300 randomized and detailed alliances or conflicts that build on each other - tables, drop-tables, and unique location attributes. Each random event compounds upon the next so each reuse is unique 
  • Fillable pages for Characters, Relationships, Events, and Locations
  • A tabbing system for easy locating of related characters and events
  • Event-based dice drop-tables that turn your shared map into a usable game board
  • 30 illustrations
  • Cover by Luke Eidenschink 
  • Sturdy 70 pound paper 
  • PDF is printable and reusable 
  • Hardcover is professionally printed
  • Lots of replayability 
  • Suitable for all ages

What's NOT in the book

Anything that creates individual playable characters. There's plenty of great resources for that. This is all about the party. That said, the book does create non-playable characters that the GM can use to enrich their story or campaign. 

Please not that, even though each decision and choice compounds on one another, the GM has a lot of freedom to pick and choose which details to insert into the backstory. The narrative compounds, not the tables per say. So you, the GM, can absolutely steer the story wherever you want. 

Step 1

Everyone sits down with their pre-made characters and collectively draws a map of where they are from. With the guidance of the Game Master, they take turns and flesh out details of a place (town or city or anything) that they all visit in the area. They take turns drawing and building the world.

Step 2

Roll dice to generate hundreds of options that compound as the backstory builds: trades, loot, friendships, family, romance, lore, education, property, mysteries, and more. Each player takes a turn as they familiarize areas, meet locals, and acquire property. With each roll, relationships develop, compound, and grow in complexity. The GM is free to steer the prequel narrative in any direction they want.

Step 3

Once enough locations and events are created on the map, the map itself turns into a playable drop table where more random content can occur. This is one of the most fun parts of the book because your players see their map become an interactive space. You'll be propted to drop dice on the map to generate battles, calamity, new locations, and more. The map is a living document of your collective backstory. 

Step 4

Return to the map on off-nights to go back in time to create more backstory and feed details into your campaign.

What else?

The Party Backstory Generator is also a tool for the Game Master to keep track of backstory content with easy-to-track pages with tabs. Fillable pages help detail characters, locations, events, tensions, and alliances. 

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1 PDF of the book.

$9 USD $10 USD (10% off)
1 PDF of the Party Backstory Generator.
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  • PDF of PBG
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PDF BUNDLE (4 Books)

$15 USD $22 USD (31% off)
You get PDFs of the Party Backstory Generator, the Campaign Notebook, the Campaign Spell Book, and the Mega Dungeon Maker. These are all of Severed Book's recent hits.
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  • 4 PDFs of all books
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1 Softcover + PDF

$19 USD $24 USD (20% off)
1 softcover copy of the book + a PDF.
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1 Hardcover + PDF

$29 USD $34 USD (14% off)
1 hardcover copy of PBG and a PDF!
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3 Hardcovers + all PDFs

$79 USD $99 USD (20% off)
THREE HARDCOVERS: Party Backstory Generator, Mega Dungeon Maker, and the Campaign Notebook. You also get all the PDFs for those books.
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