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My notes for sections 1 and 2 are essentially "skip this". Pre-game, going to ask what they were doing while they were at the fair, then I'm thinking of starting with Part 3 in media res with the start of that initial wererat attack.

Yeah, I spoke with the DM of the other game awhile back about how some of this stuff was morally ambiguous at best, especially in the case of immediately interrogating the halfling with Oathbreaker on his forehead who'd been sunburnt and was clearly weak and half-dead and buried up to his neck...

Ahaha, sadly it was not that Oathbreaker. Just a poor half-naked halfling Harper.

Thanks again for another thoughtful response! I honestly don't know where the whole interrogation thing came from, but it's a little better in the Saturday game, when one of the two players who's usually in the rabblerousing 'Let me ask you every question in the book' group is DM and the other...

I honestly have done so much work modifying this particular adventure's story (man, oh man, some of the stuff that happens in this particular adventure doesn't make sense -- I mean, taking over the Baron and then making it super obvious that you've taken over the Baron? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?)...

Like the Rule of Three -- definitely sticking that into my bag. With regards to that last part... I guess it needs a little more context. When we came into the city, the City Guard gave us the third degree because they don't trust adventurers -- they always make a bunch of trouble. I mean...

Sounds like I'm going to be running with "Roll Insight. Yeah, you really don't think you're getting anything else from this guy." I'm really hoping that with your advice (and the advice of others) I can condition them to be a little more careful with throwing their spells around willy-nilly...

Oh geez, I just made a whole thread about pet peeves I have about other players, because I'm trying to figure out how to manage it when I start running. Well, here they are, and a few more: 1. Not being intelligent with your spells, then demanding a long rest. Especially if you're a healer, and...

Thanks for the advice; a lot of this is incredibly practical (that's a good thing!), and I feel like my anxiety over being a first-time DM and wanting to be the sort of DM people want to play with is crippling my confidence when attempting to address these issues hard-on. Obviously, something I...

Thanks so much for the super-thoughtful response! With regards to interrogation sequences... they only happen because the players make it happen. One time, we saw an NPC buried up into the neck in the dirt with "Oathbreaker" written on his forehead. Instead of having a conversation, it became...

I literally chortled at this. Thank you for a morning laugh.

Hi there! I'm going to be running my first D&D game in a few weeks, and there's a couple of problems I've noticed while playing with some of the players as a player myself that I've got some Serious Concerns about when I start DMing. I'd really appreciate your advice / suggestions when dealing...

I wish I could avoid sweating it -- but I think a lot of my frustrations do stem a little from how long combat takes. If one round of combat takes 30-45 minutes to complete (no exaggeration), it's hard not to feel frustrated when you can't get anything done, because you spent a lot of time...

Thanks so much for the advice/suggestions and thoughtful questions. I've given it some thought overnight, and these are my plans going forward: 1. Get ranged weapons / throwing weapons on my paladin. This should hopefully mitigate my frustrations with having a difficult time maneuvering in...

This is wonderful and I love this idea! The DM for Saturday and I are actually close friends, so I'll probably talk about the problem with her more in detail later this week and see if she thinks something like this might help. We do have a problem with characters/players looking at combat as...

I absolutely love this. Thank you! :D Ahahaha, wow! That's one way to make a point. This is true -- and is definitely, obviously a problem for at least one of our players. I'm going to try and do better at giving some people grace. I'm going to kind of get a little tl;dr here again for the...

Aren't I going to be at some sort of disadvantage until I have some sort of skill? I admittedly am super ignorant in the way of the thrown weapon. I don't think I've ever thrown a weapon. Not even in my Ye Olde 3.5 days. I usually make it clear to the other players, particularly when I'm...

Thanks so much for the advice! The DM is on the strugglebus at the moment, and I think she's aware of that; part of it is her not completely knowing the full range of abilities combat creatures have before combat begins. She's migrating to DMing biweekly (with another DM running a different game...

Strangely enough, both are newbie DMs; our Saturday DM has been running since October, while our Thursday DM has been running since March. Our Thursday DM is definitely more prepared than Saturday DM though -- and that is part of why our combats move a lot faster. The campaigns are radically...

Ack, sorry for the confusion! 7 (not 6!) 4d6 (one for each ability modifier + 1 extra), dropping the lowest d6, and the lowest overall combined score. I'm really on the communication strugglebus this morning.