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The Main Cast Rule
When you're watching an episodic TV show (think Lost), who does everything happen to? The main cast.
And who drives the action when things aren't happening to them? The main cast.
The same should be true in your campaign (which, in a lot of cases, resembles an episodic TV show more than most other types of media): Whenever something worth playing out at the table happens, it should happen to ...
