The good ol’ fashioned “You all meet in a tavern, answering a poster offering gold for help…”? The action-scene, “You’re all engaged in mutual mundane task, when suddenly a band of thugs/goblins/whatever bust in looking for the plot coupon and chaos breaks out”? The “Elder Scrolls classic” - all being prisoners thrown in together? Tie it in to a character’s backstory and let them lead the other party members in?
What have you found interesting or successful, and why?
I’ve definitely heard of this one before! It feels like something that’s situational to the character/player involved. Or maybe the campaign too. If your campaign is something dealing with the gods/afterlife/eldritch beings/etc that could resurrect someone, it’s probably a good choice!
Ever since I played Neverwinter Nights: Hoardes of the Underdark, I have tried to incorporate needing to die in order to do some stuff, the way you must travel through the Hells by killing yourself in the CRPG. I just really liked that concept lol