Your backstory matters. It does not need to be long or flowery. A few bullet points about where you come from, who and what you care about, and what you desire or fear are invaluable for you and for me as GM.
The questions below are intended as idea fuel. If they're helpful, weave the answers into you backstory. If you want to ignore them in favor of your own ideas, go for it!
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Anyone
Were you born in a vault during the Scourge, or in the open world after the Return?
Who taught you, and where did you learn?
What habits, taboos, or tools from your origin shape how you practice your class?
How did the Scourge change how your class is viewed or practiced?
Rogue
What line will you not cross?
Who owes you a favor, and who holds one over you?
Slyborne
In shelters, Slyborne were often rationeers, contraband dealers, and quiet fixers. Now, they run shady markets, rumor networks, and informal brokerages. They are both distrusted and indispensable.
Whose secret you keep would start a riot if revealed?
What cult, gang, or swindler ring do you undermine, not from virtue but because they’re sloppy?
How do you prove you’re clean today, and who refuses to believe it?
Common ties: Quiet Ledger.
BACKSTORY
I was born...