# Background box

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [March 13, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419 "2014-03-13T21:37:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Pumbletron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pumbletron/32/222_2.png) [@Pumbletron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pumbletron)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/1 "2014-03-13T21:37:29Z")

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I think it would be cool if, at the same time as writing a name, there was a smaller box where we could write a more detailed background for our character. A little RPG element. Like, for instance, explaining a bit further about a chain smoker, or a lumberjack’s pre-cataclysm circumstances, that sort of thing. Any extra ability to further personalize and make your character unique is what I really like.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/2 "2014-03-13T21:42:09Z")

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I the background box is actually made by yourself, in your mind. This would be an almost unused feature.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/3 "2014-03-13T21:56:04Z")

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To the contrary, I think it would be great, it’d allow more options when sharing your characters with other.

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**Author:** ![Reservoir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/reservoir/32/28_2.png) [@Reservoir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Reservoir)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/4 "2014-03-13T22:07:04Z")

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People who upload char templates would love to have something like that, I suppose.  
I don’t how char creation is coded, but seems pretty easy to add to the game.

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**Author:** ![Pumbletron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pumbletron/32/222_2.png) [@Pumbletron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pumbletron)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/5 "2014-03-14T05:31:01Z")

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> [@StopSignal](#):
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> I the background box is actually made by yourself, in your mind. This would be an almost unused feature.

Oh, I do this already for sure! I make up a story for who my character is, and what his life was, before the cataclysm. But it would just be nice to have a little spot for it in the game.

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**Author:** ![Inadequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Inadequate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inadequate)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/6 "2014-03-14T07:31:42Z")

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An interesting feature but I’m not sure if it’s really necessary. Still, I suppose if it’s ignorable there’s no particular downside if someone were to code one.

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**Author:** ![EkarusRyndren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ekarusryndren/32/80_2.png) [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/background-box/5419/7 "2014-03-14T07:36:07Z")

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I don’t see the point. “It’d be great for people who want to share their characters”

Here’s some alternatives that don’t clutter the character creation process:  
Include a .txt file  
Throw it in your forum post

I just don’t see the point of having something you’re gonna use once per character and then never again. Hell, I still think the death messages are worthless clutter tacked onto the end of a game.