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title: Story Importance
category: Characters
tags: characters, profile, fields, planning
contextKey: characters.fields.storyImportance
micro: Choose how central this character is to the project.
quickTitle: Story importance
quickSummary: Story importance helps separate major, secondary and minor characters in planning views.
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# Story Importance

Choose how central this character is to the project. Use a higher value for protagonists, major antagonists and characters whose choices shape the story. Use a middle value for recurring supporting characters. Use a lower value for minor characters who appear briefly or mainly support a scene.

This is a planning choice, not a judgement of how interesting the character is.
