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<blockquote data-quote="uzirath" data-source="post: 8075010" data-attributes="member: 8495">In general, I like it when the GM works to connect campaign events to PC backstories. I like having a personal stake in the story. In my experience, it has been rare for it to feel heavy-handed or like we're all being dragged onto the GM's plot locomotive.As a GM, I've found that it's not too difficult to forge personal connections even when you're using pre-published or fairly traditional dungeon crawls. It's a matter of introducing plot threads and NPCs early enough that PCs begin building their own connections before things really get going. I also try to make sure that any given adventure will pull on some of the PC's strengths and weaknesses. If a character is greedy, for example, I'll consider if there is a natural way to challenge that weakness during an adventure. If there's a mermaid in the group, I'll lean toward including more aquatic challenges than I might otherwise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="uzirath, post: 8075010, member: 8495"] In general, I like it when the GM works to connect campaign events to PC backstories. I like having a personal stake in the story. In my experience, it has been rare for it to feel heavy-handed or like we're all being dragged onto the GM's plot locomotive. As a GM, I've found that it's not too difficult to forge personal connections even when you're using pre-published or fairly traditional dungeon crawls. It's a matter of introducing plot threads and NPCs early enough that PCs begin building their own connections before things really get going. I also try to make sure that any given adventure will pull on some of the PC's strengths and weaknesses. If a character is greedy, for example, I'll consider if there is a natural way to challenge that weakness during an adventure. If there's a mermaid in the group, I'll lean toward including more aquatic challenges than I might otherwise. [/QUOTE]

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