My table's on its third campaign dating back to the Before Times. SO hasn't played since previous campaign so while she knows the players her PC doesn't know THESE PCs. And she's decided she'd like to take her place at the table again. Good so far.
Upon discovering this the party exit the room and use Mage Hand to manipulate the bubble into bursting. The "statue" spring to life shouting "I'm here to help. Have you found both keys?" Kim was in the next room and I cued her to come in and sit down and away we went. Turns out she was "rescued" at the conclusion of the prior campaign and placed here in temporal stasis to help the party.
"New" character introduced mid-adventure. A few story elements/hook planted with her. Instantly accepted as helpful based on the info she exposited.
Hi, first time reader and commenter here. I can't recall how I got here, but you might have been name-dropped over at grognardia (https://grognardia.blogspot.com/).
ReplyDeleteAlthough 'in general' I don't seem to have the exact same need my co-players and DM have for having an 'in-game' reason for players entering or exiting the campaign, I find this an absolutely lovely way to (re-)introduce a player. Not only does it seem to make sense in the entire campaign, but it also offers new plot-hooks; and now you have even me wondering what those two keys are that you mentioned in the post.
Thanks for wandering by AND taking the time to comment. To address your curiosity: from time to time if I need a quick small diversion I'll use https://watabou.itch.io/one-page-dungeon to generate something quick and at least partially stocked. This one had a locked door before the McGuffin and required two keys to open (also placed by the random generator.) By have the new player ask "do you have BOTH keys?" I was able to communicate the idea that they needed another one diageticly.
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