Certainly they are useful in write-ups you may send the plot committee.
Here's what the Ashbury Players Guide says about plot submissions:
Plot Submission Guidelines
Once you are playing in the Ashbury campaign, you can use the time between events to do research or to have your character travel to meet NPCs. However, keep these restrictions in mind:
• Your character cannot travel all over the place in a short period of time. Do not send us a submission saying how you plan on traveling the entire duchy in the three weeks between events. Generally speaking, you should not offer more than one submission per month.
• You may have to spend in-game money to accomplish your goals.
• Your failure or success will depend on a number of things.
For instance, if you are doing research and have a Craftsman skill in that area, your chances are much better than if you cannot even Read and Write.
• Remember that we are a live roleplaying organization, with the emphasis on live. Whenever possible, we attempt not to write out personal encounters but to have them happen in-game instead. If you make a submission to the Plot Committee saying “I am going to go and speak to King Kelanor” you will probably receive the response “King Kelanor is aware you are looking for him and promises to meet you in Ashbury in a few weeks” (i.e: live, during an event).
So then what is a Plot Submission good for? Primarily for studying, researching, and gathering basic knowledge. Traveling to other places to gather information is acceptable; traveling to other places to have adventures or find treasure is not. Remember: Live roleplaying organization!
Plot submissions should be emailed to
plot@AllianceLARP.com and must include your name, character name, and character race.
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Maybe we should put something like this in the next Rule Book, assuming other chapters have the same basic policy.