On The Shoulders Of Dwarves

Personal plotlines are a way to make every character interesting. Most of this advice is relevant to campaigns. In short adventures characters usually have some internal desires that's meant to flash them out and to help the players propel the game forward (“I need to keep going to save my vampire bride from being killed by those evil villagers”). Uri's plotline formula: let X be the number of player characters, then the number of plot lines should be X+1. One for each PC and one for the party to keep them together and give a common goal. ### Critical role provided the inspiration (2:37) [The episode in question, around 3:00:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3JWNPcspoM). ### The purpose of personal plotlines (5:30) * Character background & development * Player interest in types of stories (the rise and fall of the paladin Zamlophia) * Hooking the PCs: On the campaign level, subtle railroading toward a purpose. On the adventure level, a not so subtle a arrow pointing the way. * A way to signal t