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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4844428" data-attributes="member: 13966"><p>Just going to mention a few things for you to consider or answer..... Not meaning to be rude or anything, just informative.</p><p></p><p>1, if English is not your native language or close enough, it helps to mention it (and maybe mention what your native language is, so others who speak that language might be able to communicate back and forth with you more easily). Otherwise, posts like yours give the impression that you're either a rather lazy typist or just don't have a good grasp on the language. Some of us realize that it may just be a matter of not being a native English-speaker, but it always helps to type well when you're trying to participate in a text-based online game.</p><p></p><p>Poor spelling/grammar/capitalization/etc. stick out in this kind of environment, whereas in a face-to-face game it's not an issue. But for text-based gaming, it gives a bad impression. Lazy typists are unlikely to be attentive players or DMs, for instance, in my years of experience as both a player and a DM/GM in online games. If it's just a not-your-native-language issue, it's easier for folks to accept and not worry about so much. Though even then, it still grates on a few of us who are real sticklers for good spelling/grammar (like me; I can't help it, I'm obsessive-compulsive about writing and orderliness in general; it's connected to my Tourrette's Syndrome).</p><p></p><p>So it may help you recruit players or join an existing campaign if you exercise better spelling/grammar or make it clear whether or not English is your native language.</p><p></p><p>2, it seems like you may be new to DMing, so don't be afraid to go over to the General forum and ask some questions about anything DMing-related you're not sure of.</p><p></p><p>3, you're not very clear on your character creation requirements. You mention levels 1 through 5, but does that mean the players should make their characters at level 1 and can simply expect to reach level 5 by the end of the adventure/dungeon/whatever? DMs need to be clear about things like starting level, starting gold, useable rulebooks/materials, and starting hit points in the case of characters beyond 1st-level.</p><p></p><p>In general it's a terrible idea to start Player Characters off at different levels from one another. Make sure you start them off at a level where they should be able to handle your prepared adventure (for instance, if the adventure included a battle with 4 typical bugbears or 1 ogre or similarly-strong creatures, that would likely result in the PCs all being killed if they have to face that battle at 1st-level, so you'd ideally want them to be 2nd or 3rd level by the time they face such an encounter). I've been on the painful end of one poorly-prepared novice DM's scenario where he sent 2 mummies to fight 2 Player Characters who were each 4th-level, and were both melee-oriented characters using piercing and slashing weapons that emphasized critical hits (mine was a two-weapon fighter/rogue with longsword and short sword), so they got slaughtered by the mummies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 4844428, member: 13966"] Just going to mention a few things for you to consider or answer..... Not meaning to be rude or anything, just informative. 1, if English is not your native language or close enough, it helps to mention it (and maybe mention what your native language is, so others who speak that language might be able to communicate back and forth with you more easily). Otherwise, posts like yours give the impression that you're either a rather lazy typist or just don't have a good grasp on the language. Some of us realize that it may just be a matter of not being a native English-speaker, but it always helps to type well when you're trying to participate in a text-based online game. Poor spelling/grammar/capitalization/etc. stick out in this kind of environment, whereas in a face-to-face game it's not an issue. But for text-based gaming, it gives a bad impression. Lazy typists are unlikely to be attentive players or DMs, for instance, in my years of experience as both a player and a DM/GM in online games. If it's just a not-your-native-language issue, it's easier for folks to accept and not worry about so much. Though even then, it still grates on a few of us who are real sticklers for good spelling/grammar (like me; I can't help it, I'm obsessive-compulsive about writing and orderliness in general; it's connected to my Tourrette's Syndrome). So it may help you recruit players or join an existing campaign if you exercise better spelling/grammar or make it clear whether or not English is your native language. 2, it seems like you may be new to DMing, so don't be afraid to go over to the General forum and ask some questions about anything DMing-related you're not sure of. 3, you're not very clear on your character creation requirements. You mention levels 1 through 5, but does that mean the players should make their characters at level 1 and can simply expect to reach level 5 by the end of the adventure/dungeon/whatever? DMs need to be clear about things like starting level, starting gold, useable rulebooks/materials, and starting hit points in the case of characters beyond 1st-level. In general it's a terrible idea to start Player Characters off at different levels from one another. Make sure you start them off at a level where they should be able to handle your prepared adventure (for instance, if the adventure included a battle with 4 typical bugbears or 1 ogre or similarly-strong creatures, that would likely result in the PCs all being killed if they have to face that battle at 1st-level, so you'd ideally want them to be 2nd or 3rd level by the time they face such an encounter). I've been on the painful end of one poorly-prepared novice DM's scenario where he sent 2 mummies to fight 2 Player Characters who were each 4th-level, and were both melee-oriented characters using piercing and slashing weapons that emphasized critical hits (mine was a two-weapon fighter/rogue with longsword and short sword), so they got slaughtered by the mummies. [/QUOTE]
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