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<blockquote data-quote="Lela" data-source="post: 289599" data-attributes="member: 1216"><p>Hmmmm, well just as something extra, there have been several threads devoted soley to helping DMs. Here's two of them.</p><p></p><p>One I found as (semingly) the very first thread in the archive called <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3788" target="_blank">Cheap DM/Player tips</a>. This one is geared more towards finding a cheap (money wise) way of doing things like minitures (legos, army men, jinga pieces).</p><p></p><p>The other almost applies to your situation perfectly. This one is devoted to helping beginning DMs (such as yourself) with general help on running a game. I would recomend reading through <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16771" target="_blank">How Do You Run a Good Campaign? </a> as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, spicific to your issue, I would be careful. You say you have a history of rail-roading characters (or at least seeming like you are doing so). Maybe such a structured campaign isn't a good idea. You may want to consider something a little more freeform. Starting in a small town, taking off on some general quest comes to mind. You would only plan one session ahead and have much traveling and random encounters going on.</p><p></p><p>This would help you get used to dealing with a player's need to be in control while allowing for some planning on your part.</p><p></p><p>Let me ask (you don't have to answer), could you give us some idea of what this so called rail-roading was? Just so we can give you some spicific pointers on how to avoid doing it again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lela, post: 289599, member: 1216"] Hmmmm, well just as something extra, there have been several threads devoted soley to helping DMs. Here's two of them. One I found as (semingly) the very first thread in the archive called [URL=http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3788]Cheap DM/Player tips[/URL]. This one is geared more towards finding a cheap (money wise) way of doing things like minitures (legos, army men, jinga pieces). The other almost applies to your situation perfectly. This one is devoted to helping beginning DMs (such as yourself) with general help on running a game. I would recomend reading through [URL=http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16771]How Do You Run a Good Campaign? [/URL] as soon as possible. Now, spicific to your issue, I would be careful. You say you have a history of rail-roading characters (or at least seeming like you are doing so). Maybe such a structured campaign isn't a good idea. You may want to consider something a little more freeform. Starting in a small town, taking off on some general quest comes to mind. You would only plan one session ahead and have much traveling and random encounters going on. This would help you get used to dealing with a player's need to be in control while allowing for some planning on your part. Let me ask (you don't have to answer), could you give us some idea of what this so called rail-roading was? Just so we can give you some spicific pointers on how to avoid doing it again. [/QUOTE]
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