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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sound of Azure" data-source="post: 4356743" data-attributes="member: 40749">In 4e, even low level characters are a something special- they're definitely a cut above the rest of the population. So, I thought I'd run with that conceit. The PCs in my upcoming (and all too imminent!) 4e game will be heroic from the get go, taking the role of Einheriar, to serve the Aesir in their war against the Primordials/Giants (In the Paragon Tier. Much later on, naturally). The PCs will continue on in Midgar throughout the Heroic Tier, gathering strength so that they will be warriors worthy of fighting alongside the gods later on. If any of the einheriar fall during this phase, more can be introduced, as necessary- though it would cost the war effort dearly.The characters will face various threats on the face of Midgar, even threats from competing Einheriar- each group's minder, a Valkyrie is looking for as much glory as possible. then there is the growing presence of the primordials and their forces.Anyhow, I'm having some trouble figuring out how to start the first session.My first idea was to have a one-on-one with each player (or have them write out a back story about how such occurred), playing out how the character died originally. Then, the first true session would be the party gathering together. Alternatively, they could all play out a short vignette of said deaths during the first session, then have the party gather. This has the advantage of the players knowing more about the other characters, but has the potential to be boring while waiting for the players waiting for their turn.Finally, we could simply start them out gathered together, and flesh out how each character died as play goes on. This is probably easiest, though it may lack the cohesion of the other options-at least without a lot of prodding from yours truly.So ENWorld, how would you start this out? Any ideas regarding the setting are welcome too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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