That’s the hope, Joan, but I’ve not used it yet. It’s the sort of thing that is at its best when a new campaign is just starting out, and all of mine have been ongoing and established for many years. In theory, it should do so; certainly, I drew on the way I use what I have learned of the characters in those campaigns for story framing and creation when I was writing the article.

Thanks, Debbie. Because this is a new tool, I don’t yet have any favorite applications other than what was described in the article itself. It’s more about giving players an opportunity to tell the GM what type of plot hooks their characters will be most responsive to, and what that response is most likely to be. So it’s not something that gets incorporated into a campaign per se; rather, its a tool to facilitate integrating the PCs into the campaign.

Thank you, Lillian. Your question brings up an important point – the system that I have proposed generates plot potential, but that won’t so anything on its own. The GM has to take that plot potential and turn it into actual plotlines. Sometimes, what a player has come up with integrates immediately with whatever it was that the GM already had in mind for the early sessions within a campaign; sometimes, the potential lies fallow. Part of giving every character an equal share of the spotlight is making sure that every character gets to be the focal point of the campaign for a while; you can’t give some characters extra spotlight time just because those characters’ foibles match his existing plot intentions. What I’ve provided is a tool, and a useful one, but it won’t do anything for you without being actively used by the GM. The most engaging moments get sparked when you connect fuel to fire. And ‘no moments’ happen without deliberate action by the GM.