What is your overused plot hook ?

[Drawmack]

The king, counsel, ruling power of choice, compells you to help them.

Every role player knows you can't say no to the rulling body no matter how many times they need your help.

 

[GlassJaw]

I tend to create scavenger hunt quests too much.

 

[Shallown]

Children in danger such as kidnapped or they have fallen in the well. Etc. I also feature kids in adventures as npc’s that deal with characters either through hero worship witnessing something the players need to know etc. At times it is overused though by me.

 

[lukelightning]

Children in danger such as kidnapped or they have fallen in the well.

Same here...though in my current campaign it's 'cuz when I asked players for their motivation, one said his character's sister had been kidnapped, so I worked that into the plot.

 

[Sejs]

Go Find This Thing.

 

[howandwhy99]

The PCs travel a long time. And the PCs sit in one place a long time.

 

[Crothian]

The wizard the group knows is all powerful and very evil shows up and they work for him...again. Against their better judgement.

 

[Raloc]

Depends on the disposition of the party. If they are your typical D&D style mostly-good-altrusitic party, then I usually just put them into situations that threaten the existence of the game world, and let them see if they can stop it. If they aren't the typical party (as IM current campaign, where most of the party is neutral or evil) then I mix it up a bit depending on each character's motivations. Currently, the party is motivated by some mix of revenge(the divine champion of Kossuth), powerlust (necromancer), greed (rogue) and fear (all of them).

 

[Maggan]

Treason! Leading to revenge!

A bit overused, I admit.

Me: "You meet this NPC who's really nice and helpful".

My players: "We slay him before he turns on us!"

Me: "Ummmm ... how did you know he would betray you?"

My players: "Because the always do!"

Sometimes it works, sometime it doesn't.

/M

 

[Goblyn]

In my case it is probably:

"The PCs did something in past adventures that had unintended consequences, and now must deal with these consequences somehow."

I don't think I've ever used a plot hook other than this.