When writing a character with a painful past....
read this first:
http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2010/05/27/youre-not-helping-reviewing-media-covering-trauma/
A pet peeve of mine is being given a character at a con who has a horrible history and having an ignorant GM wonder why I'm not chewing the scenery. This post is a pretty good intro to how people *actually* respond to terrible things.
http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2010/05/27/youre-not-helping-reviewing-media-covering-trauma/
A pet peeve of mine is being given a character at a con who has a horrible history and having an ignorant GM wonder why I'm not chewing the scenery. This post is a pretty good intro to how people *actually* respond to terrible things.