We had session zero today, 8 players showed up.
We had a few PHBs but found it easier to let new players create characters on DNDBeyond. We were sticking with 2014 as that's what a couple people had for PHB, but one of the newbies made a 2024 Ranger, but I let him stick with it, thinking it might prove a better option. We ended up with: 2 Rangers, 2 Paladins, 2 Sorcerers, a Barbarian, and a Rogue. We were able to agree to 2-hour sessionss on Fridays over lunch. I'll be on vacation next week so we'll start on June 13th, and they picked this from the job board:
The Harpers
Experience Required: any, Harper membership recommended
Job: “Musical Spies at the Masquerade Gala”
Details: Pose as performers while uncovering info at the Octopus Consortium’s criminal gala. Instruments provided.
Pay: 380 gp + 50 gp if secrets are good and songs are catchy
Contact: Edgin Darvis, Master Harper
Location: Fuzzy Prophet Casino, Waterdeep
Note: [redacted]
Edgin is Chris Pine's character from the movie and the Fuzzy Prophet Casino was what my former group (calling themselves "The Octopus Consortium") made on the second floor of Trollskull Tavern.