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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8136794" data-attributes="member: 82106">Right, what I would say about a plot hook is that it is literally descriptive. It is a device which 'hooks' the player. If the hook is 'taken' then some sort of plot attached to it is engaged. An example might be "A shadowy figure waves at you as you pass the alley." The player could decide his character takes the 'hook' and enters the alley, or not. Whatever happens next must surely have been devised by the GM, and then the attached plot (a mugging, a meeting with an informant, whatever) happens. Presumably this event at least potentially leads somewhere.Now, contrast that with what might happen in a narrative focused game. In the course of resolving some action, or framing the next scene relating to whatever agenda the PCs are pursuing, a shadowy figure might wave at the PCs from an alley. If this is in response to a player rolling a success/success with complications, then the player will presumably know what it is about, they will have defined the INTENT of the action! If the GM is framing a scene/making a move/etc. then perhaps the player cannot immediately tie it to something specific, but there will be SOME sort of relationship to whatever they are up to. At worst it might be a 'hook' to the extent that it might be an attempt by the GM to engage with some latent agenda (maybe shift the spotlight to another PC or something). That might happen if, say, the previous story arc had played out to a point of resolution. In DW this is likely to be a 'front move' of some kind.</blockquote>

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