D&D General Rank these starting adventures

[Sacrosanct]

If you were to choose from the options below to run a new party through at level 1, which would it be? Assume you're a skilled DM who can flesh out details and modify things as you see fit.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

By "new party" do you mean new characters or new players?

If you were to choose from the options below to run a new party through at level 1, which would it be? Assume you're a skilled DM who can flesh out details and modify things as you see fit.

 

[Sacrosanct]

By "new party" do you mean new characters or new players?

Both. One or two of the players have some significant experience, but most have not played any of those modules, and most are relatively new to D&D (past year or two)

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Following is the only possible true and correct ranking of the starting modules.


1. Lost City

2. Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh

3. Lost Mines of Phandelver

4. Village of Hommlet

5. Keep on the Borderlands

6. Against the Cult of the Reptile God

(BIG DROP OFF)

7. Palace of the Silver Princess

8. Sunless Citadel

9. Horror on the Hill


Now, you can argue with me. If you enjoy being wrong. Or, if you prefer being on the side of truth, justice, and no friggin' bards, then just start your post like Mistwell- "Snarf Zagyg, you are correct."

 

[aco175]

I would just run LmoPhandelver since I have it, will not need to convert it, and it is designed to expose new players to 5e. I have also run it where some of the old ones, I only played in 30 years ago.

 

[jasper]

Snarf Zagyg, you are correct. You just got the numbers in the wrong order.
1. Village of Hommlet
2. Lost Mines of Phandelver
3. Sunless Citadel
4. Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
5 Keep of the Borderlands
6. Against the reptile God
7. Lost City
8. Palace of the Silver Princess
9. Horror on the Hill

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

In that case, it'd fall out like this:

1. Lost Mines of Phandelver
2. Village of Hommlet
3. Sunless Citadel
4. Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
5. Keep on the Borderlands

The rest I don't know well enough to rate for this sort of situation. Lost Mines is great for new players (and is easily tweaked if any of the old hands have already played it), and Hommlet is a classic that's not too sprawling and intimidating. Sunless Citadel has Meepo. Saltmarsh is a dungeon crawl, but a focused one with some tricks up its sleeve. Keep has a classic setup, but I could see new players chafing a little at it.

 

[Helldritch]

I am the only one with Horror on the hill.
It was my first adventure to DM ever. I loved every bits of it. But Lost City and Keep on the Borderland were strong contestants. LMoP is also a great adventure but the feel of the old adventures is too strong for me.

 

[Zaukrie]

Lost mines is really quite good. If you own both Phandelver products, you can add some great encounters from Dragons also....and there are a lot of resources out there, and it is already 5e......

 

[Todd Roybark]

Village of Hommlet is a great starter for a campaign but that is an entirely separate category from Starter Adventure.

From a narrative perspective, a Starter Adventure should be disposable, and not necessarily tied to any Campaign Plot elements.

The above, typically does not describe the role of Village of Hommlet.

I really appreciate the Sunless Citadel. Just a solidly designed starter dungeon, that can be modularly inserted anywhere..(I know that sounds painful..for the players ).