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Ben and I spent some time talking about this a few weeks ago, and I think we will probably talk about it again.  I am a lover of freedom, but it seems that when players have too much freedom the resulting game is often sub-optimal.  What follows are some ideas.

==Ben's Idea==
Ben thought it might be a good idea to give a player the option of creating either their background or their character sheet.  I think this is interesting and could work, yet it could lead to some strange disconnects.

==Me, Tinkering==
As usual I stole an idea and then came up with some way to tweak it a bit.  I had been leaning towards total GM character creation, and its still a possibility, but maybe a little compromise is in order.  

===Categories===
Each character will be divided into 7 pieces.  The GM will have control over 4 of them, the player 2.  The player will choose which 3 he wants and they will then make the character collaboratively.  Here they are:
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Connections to other PCs<br>
Background<br>
Characteristics<br>
Skills<br>
Special Stuff<br>
Disadvantages<br>

If its a supers game powers and power level may be included.

This is just an idea, I dont know where I am going with this yet.