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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smeelbo" data-source="post: 5134521" data-attributes="member: 81898">How Encounter 1 wentWe started D&D Encounters last Wednesday, March 24th, and it went well enough. Half the players were experienced 4E players, holdovers from our previous in-store Wednesday night 4E campaign, and two of those were back up DMs in case we need to open up additional tables. Volunteers, like myself. Half the players were new to 4E and and new to our store. One fellow had driven close to a hundred miles to attend, and one fellow had never played any RPG at all. I've had more calls and e-mails since then, and so I expect to open up a second or even third table this coming Wednesday, March 31st. Because I had to take care of my mother, I was late arriving, so in the interests of time Pizza The Hut has been pushed back to next week. I made it clear to all the players present for the first game that their spots were guaranteed for the following weeks, that if more players showed either our volunteer DMs would bow out or open a second table. The additional effort put into the adventure really showed. It took me less than a couple hours to fix the adventure, although they really should have included an additional page of local maps: the western coast around WaterDeep, the City of WaterDeep and the cross section of UnderMountain from the Expeditions book. I used the play mat from HammerFast depicting a tavern, it even had a "Yawning Portal" in the center of the barroom floor. The modifications to the adventure were fairly simple:[spoiler]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Armed the Human Bandits with clubs, [W] = 1D6, to make Fayne's "beating" more realistic.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changed the bandit's tactics so that the first bandit pushed the ladder down into the canal, while the second bandit apparently beat Fayne, and together, dragging her off the stairs and robbing her.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had the Crenellated Wall grant cover to small or prone characters, and concealment and cover for prone small characters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Added a second Halfling (for the 6th player), and armed them with hand crossbows instead of slings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Started the halflings hidden (DC19) and prone with their crossbows.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Applied the balance rules to the bridge, so that characters on the bridge granted combat advantage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Divided the ladder into 4 spaces, and made it a DC5 Athletics check.</li> </ul>[/spoiler] <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"></li> </ul>All in all it went pretty well, it was a good group, and I am looking forward to next week. Smeelbo</blockquote>

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