Plot armour

Plot armour is, according to some very frustrated readers, when:

The character had to die and didn't!!111!1!

But personal opinions aside, Plot Armour is a very...controversial thing. You don't have to make your characters suffer all the time - in fact, you probably shouldn't - but you still want a good dose of loss and misery to keep your characters from being perfect, a trait no one will relate to

And hey, I get it, you want readers to think your characters are cool - we all do! I want my readers to admire my MCs when they do something great, but I also want them to feel their pain when something bad happens, and if there's too much plot armour in there, it just won't be possible

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Destructible?

If you so wish

Wearer(s)

The MC, usually

Prime examples

• When the character falls to their certain death but are rescued by something/someone that hasn't been previously established, i.e a spell that just so happens to have the properties needed
• When the villain has such a terrible aim
• Your characters casually remember something that greatly shifts the odds in their favour

Basically: when something inexplicable happens that tips the scales in favour of your MC