April 15, 2010 Eric Swain Recent Posts, Thoughts 4th Edition and Cooperative Storytelling After PAX East sparked my interest in DnD and my players wanted to get back to it, I decided to give it a try. I liked the 4th edition simplification and streamlining of the rules. So I got the core books and read through them in anticipation of trying a new campaign. What I want to talk about came about at the end of our character creation session. Using the suggestions in the Player's Handbook #2 the players use the possible background bullet points to create their character's pasts. | more