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I start with a very basic backstop and develop it as the campaign evolves. It has worked great so far.

A couple of paragraphs, preferably dramatic and interesting, max. The DM doesn't care what grades your PC got at uni unless that directly feeds into something like your old nemesis, why you dropped out to join a pirate fleet, became a master of swords, or moved in with a mer-person. 😜

Backstory is fine and it's a building block to help your character. That said, if your backstory is constantly taking too much time away from other players during a session, then maybe condense it during game time. You don't have to reveal it at once.

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I ran a campaign taking heavy inspiration from the movie Bright (not a fan of the story of the movie but loved the world 😅)

Deep breath. Neverending Story; The Fog; The Rats; Clangers; Weaveworld; Day of the Triffids; Deep Blue Sea; In The Mouth Of Madness; The Midnight Meat Train; Legend; Beastmaster; Poiltergeist; Pet Semetary; Ghost Story; Nr9therhood of the Wolf; Temple of Doom...

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I love this - the opening of The Body (the Stephen King story that became the film Stand By Me)

There are several that live rent-free in my head. One is:

"To be playful and serious at the same time is possible, and it defines the ideal mental condition." ~ John Dewey

Lovely ❤️

"Some people see scars and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing." - Linda Hogan

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This is in my wallet. I am not Catholic.

"We'd be fools not to ride this strange torpedo all the way out to the end." - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

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Ive DM’d the dragons of shipwreck isle - which took me ages to want to do it correctly & literally to the book; where as I found home brewing and encounter building much more straightforward and easier to run with whilst making up my own ‘lore!’ With family - but my brain works well with random 🫠

Been running the same D&D world for decades, I can run in that with little or no prep (per game; I've written volumes of stuff over the years I can draw on). Other games, typically 4 or 5 hours if we haven't played in a while, or are entering a new "chapter."