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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4858743" data-attributes="member: 807">I did something similar in AD&D - was a mini campaign that lasted about 7 levels.It took a lot of tailoring. And the premise was their mentor was busy with something so he didn't want to go to some mage guild formal party and sent his apprentices to represent him. Had the apprentices meet a variety of NPCs that could serve as contacts later on and other random plot seeds for side treks. When they returned, the teacher had dissapeared.  So it was about investigations etc to get the teacher back and such.With the premise that you listed, if you _know_ everyone wants to play a wizard (or multiclass wizard) great!.  But if you already know that not everyone wants to play a wizard then open it up further and say that people can play other classes if they can justify how they fit in at the place (guards, clerics of an arcanee god, etc).I'd also not "suggest" that the players get hired guards, etc  (now if the players come up with that idea themselves, taht's another story).  But I say this because it takes the focus off the PCs and on these hirelings -- especially at early levels when the 'wizards" will be very background characters to any combat-oriented npcs.But also play up on the wizard school speciality differences otherwise people end up feeling like clones of one another.as far as starting equipment, maybe each of them can find something in the ruins of the aftermath, so you can give a 'free' higher level magic item (maybe give each -player- a list of 2-3 options and then the player gets to choose which one his player will find in the ruins).</blockquote>

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