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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7768816" data-attributes="member: 29398">It is, but as I said in my other post the whole ends up being greater than the sum of the parts.I'm not sure ST:TNG is the best example here, in that other than their occasional dealings with Q and-or the Borg there really wasn't much of a true overarching storyline - it was more &quot;crisis of the week&quot; stuff a lot of the time.A better example would be Battlestar Galactica (the newer one).&nbsp; There you've got the individual character stories within the ships but you've also got the much bigger overlying story of their flight from the Cylons, and the planted clones, and so forth; and that story is clearly bigger than any one character.True, but if you're going to have multiple characters involved in the A-plots why not just focus on the whole party instead and have done with it?&nbsp; That way even if things go wrong and half the party is lost the story can still continue with the remaining half if all involved so desire.Oddly enough, the only TPK I've ever DMed in my life came from just this type of single-PC-focus adventure: a PC pulled the party into a quest she'd been given.&nbsp; It took them off-world to some mini-plane, whereupon the quested PC died in - I kid you not - the second combat they faced!&nbsp; They didn't have revival in the field (too low of level for that), so the rest of the party turned their focus to simply getting back home - which unfortunately meant having to go through a large part of the remaining adventure.&nbsp; They got through most of it but then got in a bit over their heads - and then very unlucky.&nbsp; Next party, please.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7768816, member: 29398"] It is, but as I said in my other post the whole ends up being greater than the sum of the parts. I'm not sure ST:TNG is the best example here, in that other than their occasional dealings with Q and-or the Borg there really wasn't much of a true overarching storyline - it was more "crisis of the week" stuff a lot of the time. A better example would be Battlestar Galactica (the newer one). There you've got the individual character stories within the ships but you've also got the much bigger overlying story of their flight from the Cylons, and the planted clones, and so forth; and that story is clearly bigger than any one character. True, but if you're going to have multiple characters involved in the A-plots why not just focus on the whole party instead and have done with it? That way even if things go wrong and half the party is lost the story can still continue with the remaining half if all involved so desire. Oddly enough, the only TPK I've ever DMed in my life came from just this type of single-PC-focus adventure: a PC pulled the party into a quest she'd been given. It took them off-world to some mini-plane, whereupon the quested PC died in - I kid you not - the second combat they faced! They didn't have revival in the field (too low of level for that), so the rest of the party turned their focus to simply getting back home - which unfortunately meant having to go through a large part of the remaining adventure. They got through most of it but then got in a bit over their heads - and then very unlucky. Next party, please. [/QUOTE]

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