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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8872612" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p>I will reecho the notes about making 100% sure the party does not think they can fight the creature.</p><p></p><p>There are two big problems with starting a campaign with a "deadly challenge"</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The players haven't gotten used to their characters yet. So while on paper they might do ok, their lack of competanace with their own sheet may let things go south quickly.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DM doesn't know how the players roleplay the new characters yet. A DM may know a player from the last campaign and think "yeah they will get the message". Then in the new campaign they play a bloodthirsty barbarian with a low wisdom that doesn't listen to reason, and suddenly they are throwing hands, suicide or not.</li> </ul><p>So I personally never do what you are aspiring to do. I always start softball, it lets the players build some confidence, get used to their characters, lets me as a DM see how the party works together, their strengths and weaknesses, etc.</p><p></p><p>I wish you good luck, but yeah I would be a bit nervous starting the game with such a possibly deadly throw down</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8872612, member: 5889"] I will reecho the notes about making 100% sure the party does not think they can fight the creature. There are two big problems with starting a campaign with a "deadly challenge" [LIST] [*]The players haven't gotten used to their characters yet. So while on paper they might do ok, their lack of competanace with their own sheet may let things go south quickly. [*]The DM doesn't know how the players roleplay the new characters yet. A DM may know a player from the last campaign and think "yeah they will get the message". Then in the new campaign they play a bloodthirsty barbarian with a low wisdom that doesn't listen to reason, and suddenly they are throwing hands, suicide or not. [/LIST] So I personally never do what you are aspiring to do. I always start softball, it lets the players build some confidence, get used to their characters, lets me as a DM see how the party works together, their strengths and weaknesses, etc. I wish you good luck, but yeah I would be a bit nervous starting the game with such a possibly deadly throw down [/QUOTE]
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