spent a lot of time recently drafting up characters for D&D since the current campaign we're in deals a lot with going up against stuff we dont have a chance of interfering with. i'm on dude like, #6 right now (everyone else is on their third dude tops) and never really felt particularly involved in the plot. so naturally i went all-out and wrote up a backstory for a bunch of Very Married bards who accidentally composed and signed a blood oath to help out the party while shitfaced in the woods.