(03-16-2018, 05:51 PM)The Engineer Said: I think this is a good idea, but just how much ground do we have to "recover". Like, do we have to do a recap on who certain supporting characters are, even if we're not popping in mid-scene? Like for example Engy usually features Madison, Joachim, or on rarer occasions certain others like Mike Pence that he's featured before, and might have call back gags with (like Pence being a vampire hunter).

I guess I'm just asking for clarification on how much backstory you want us to include via recap.

I always got a kick out of introducing each Bourbon Man in promos as though they had never been written before, like it was an inside joke, but I usually left it to once per RP cycle. First RP it was Diamondback, the man who can blend into any crowd, and Cyberjaw, the man with the cybernetic jaw, because they weren't on my roster page and gave new readers a clue. RP 2 (If I deigned to write a second) was just Diamondback and Cyberjaw since they were established for the current card's RP cycle.

Now if it were info on my roster page, like being a former President, I felt no honus to really expand or point to a prior RP since that was referenced as a part of the character from the get go.

So, in short, put as much backstory as needed to tell the story so it makes sense without having to point to a prior RP.