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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GM Lent" data-source="post: 6989109" data-attributes="member: 6798775">On my current campaign, the three PCs are brothers, outcasts from a barbarian tribe who fled when the tribal elders attempted to sacrifice the youngest to an Elder God and the two older brothers rescued him. They fled to the nearest city, and live in an abandoned tower that was the site of our first adventure.Later, I involved the remains of their tribe in a rescue type adventure, which also included the maiming of the oldest brother's (former) betrothed.I have been amazed at the level of emotional involvement the players have shown. The brothers idea came up during our session 0 and they all liked it, but they've stuck to it amazingly.I guess my point is much the same as others have made: involve them from the start. Let them help lay out the origins and beginnings of the characters/campaign, and weave aspects did those ideas and origins back into the campaign as it progresses. I have only been using published adventures (not the official WotC ones, but there's no reason this idea wouldn't work with those too), tweaked a bit to keep everyone engaged.That kind of engagement isn't impossible, it just takes some planning, cooperation, and buy-in from your players.</blockquote>