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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7768305" data-attributes="member: 6873517">That seems like odd advice for a new DM running... D&amp;D, though I saw from a later post you're suggesting playing another game entirely. At least in the USA, D&amp;D is hands down the most common game and is likely to be what people are going to get players for. If you say &quot;hey, let's play DSA&quot; most potential players will say &quot;huh, what?&quot; Pathfinder is an option but it's just D&amp;D in most ways and I wouldn't think something that rules-heavy is a good starting game, though that might depend. It's got alignment anyway. Rather than thinking of alignment per se, I think the main issue is very self-interested or PVP type behavior. This is very challenging for a DM in the best of times, but it's really tough on a new one. While rules certainly can't stop someone from murder hobo behavior, I do think starting out saying &quot;we're playing heroes&quot; or something like that is a good idea. The evil campaign can be fun, but I think it's not a good starter campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7768305, member: 6873517"] That seems like odd advice for a new DM running... D&D, though I saw from a later post you're suggesting playing another game entirely. At least in the USA, D&D is hands down the most common game and is likely to be what people are going to get players for. If you say "hey, let's play DSA" most potential players will say "huh, what?" Pathfinder is an option but it's just D&D in most ways and I wouldn't think something that rules-heavy is a good starting game, though that might depend. It's got alignment anyway. Rather than thinking of alignment per se, I think the main issue is very self-interested or PVP type behavior. This is very challenging for a DM in the best of times, but it's really tough on a new one. While rules certainly can't stop someone from murder hobo behavior, I do think starting out saying "we're playing heroes" or something like that is a good idea. The evil campaign can be fun, but I think it's not a good starter campaign. [/QUOTE]

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