My wife's friends are coming to play D&D this Friday, and the number of players are growing.
Keep in mind:
Some things specifically I'm asking:
Keep in mind:
- There are 7 players - only one of whom I'd describe as "experienced." The remainder are casual players who've played around 5 times. Or never at all.
- They're likely going to be drinking and not really paying complete attention (so we don't need "mega-challenging" encounters)
- They want "brand name" D&D - not like Dungeon World or something.
- I had purchased Tales of the Yawning Portal and was planning to run "The Sunless Citadel" back when we had 4 players coming.
Some things specifically I'm asking:
- Do I try an alternate group-based Initiative?
- Do we go "theatre of the mind," battle grid, or use something in between?
- How do I add enough challenge to give all the players something to do?