IC:D&D 5e DM generated characters
I ran a game a while back involving the descendants of the last generation's heroes, a mercenary/privateering company. The Players created their characters, and I created their ancestors and inherited gear from there. Turn over on RPoL being what it is, sometimes, the game faded out when I ran out of descendants.
My thought here was to create the first generation. I've a list of their accomplishments (the notable ones, anyhow) and certain specific tools/magic items they acquired, etc. And, of course, who they were and what classes they followed.
My question is: If I create the 8 parents as PCs would anyone be interested in a game where the characters are provided by the DM and selected by the players from a list of what's still free.
On the plus side, Player attrition won't matter as much, simply because the characters will stay the same. On the down side, the ability to customize will be limited.
To be sure of reaching certain benchmarks for each character, the game would start at 3rd level (paths predetermined). The setting would be a fantasy Earth setting, Europe centric, with Africa, and , especially, North Africa,readily available. Assorted myths and time periods would be Frankensteined together to make a working (in my opinion, anyhow) whole.
So..is there any interest in this sort of thing?