Reasons your Plot armor is showing
⢠Protagonist never gets seriously injured despite constant danger
⢠Convenient skills appear exactly when needed
⢠"Somehow" doing heavy lifting in your explanations
⢠Bullets miss protagonist but hit everyone around them
⢠Protagonist immune to their own bad decisions
⢠Only character who doesn't catch the deadly plague
⢠Falling from deadly height with minor bruises
⢠Allies die dramatically, protagonist gets rescued last-second
⢠Learning complex skills overnight
⢠"Lucky" so many times it's a superpower
⢠Stab wound? Walking it off!
⢠Resources appear when needed, vanish when inconvenient
⢠Guards always look the other way at the right moment
⢠Protagonist's impulsive plans always work
⢠Enemies become incompetent around protagonist
⢠Saved by coincidence (seventeenth time this book)
⢠Technology works/fails based on plot needs
⢠"Unconscious" for exactly the right amount of time
⢠No food/water/sleep needed during crisis Injuries that would cause shock? Totally fine!
⢠Emotional trauma with no PTSD
⢠Protagonist never makes a truly fatal mistake
⢠Backup arrives at the exact dramatic moment "Just in time" is your most common phrase
⢠Escaping impossible situations off-page "I don't know how I did it" (yes you do: plot armor)
⢠"Trust your instincts" = always right
⢠Redemption arc speedrun with no actual work
⢠"Chosen One" immunity to normal consequences
⢠Physics optional for protagonist only