One of the best ways to get involved with plot is to know the basic information about the world you're inhabiting as your character!  Purchase a copy of A Traveler's Guide to Kosmara, the Alliance Crossroads Player's Guide, to familiarise yourself with the campaign setting.

Character Histories
The fastest way to get involved in plot (aside from actively pursuing it during events!) is to write a comprehensive character history for your character.  Not only will it add depth to your roleplay experience, but it will also enable us to write plot specifically designed either to engage your character’s interest (based on what you tell us) OR to write plot just for you!

When writing a character history, be sure to follow the guidelines in the Alliance LARP rulebook.  The plot committee reserves the right to deny a character history that does not follow these guidelines, or that introduces forbidden topics such as religion or sexual assault.  If a history is denied in part or whole, the Plot Committee will work with the player to develop an alternative that is acceptable to everyone involved.

In Between Game Actions (IGBAs), or Plot Submissions
Players are welcome to submit requests for their character to take IG actions between events.  Actions can include research, communication, travel, and other activities that might be impractical for your character to achieve during an actual event.  Anything that can be done during an event, however, should be reserved during the event.  A player that requests a conversation with an NPC may find that their response merely indicates that the NPC will be available during the next event.

Characters do NOT gain experience by submitting IBGAs, but they may gain valuable information they can use IG.  Players that are proactive both during and between events tend to be the best-informed and the most involved in plot.

A few guidelines to submitting IBGAs:
•    Submit your IBGA at least two weeks before the next Crossroads event.  Our staff is composed of volunteers, and while they love to write responses, they have real jobs that take up most of their time.  Anything received after the two week window will not receive a response before the event.
•    Submissions must be sent to crossroadsplot@gmail.com.  Submissions received via other venues will not receive a response.
•    Write what actions you intend to take, but do not include the outcome to those actions.  That is what the plot committee will determine for you, and will either email you a response or provide the information in written form at logistics.
•    Only one plot submission per character between events.
•    No combat, spell-casting or rituals will be accepted as an IBGA – these actions can and should take place during an event.
•    No production skills benefits.  While you can certainly work on blacksmithing during an IBGA, or increasing your skills, you will not actually receive items in exchange for that action.
•    Players doing joint submissions should email plot individually, even if they’re not sending the final group submission, to indicate their approval of involvement in the group submission.