Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
[DM]- How to get party together at beginning of new campaign?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="WonkaMania" data-source="post: 1234314" data-attributes="member: 11035"><p>Hello there everyone, I'm kind of new to DM'ing and I'm going to be starting a new campaign shortly. The group is already established, we've had other DM's run a few different games that we've played in, but now I'm going to take my turn at DM'ing.</p><p></p><p> I want a more emphasis on roleplaying in my campaign, compared to just hack and slash. I want players to immerse themselves into their character and actually breathe life into them! I'm going to give these characters and extra 4 skill points at first lvl to be spent on "craft" or "profession" types of skills. I'm going to make these characters keep track of encumbrence of their character, and make them eat food and drink water every day. They'll need to hunt for new food, or pick it off of a branch, and they'll need to cook their food. </p><p></p><p> So far, what I'm thinking of, is having them start in a small town, say, that is well known for producing some of the best cheese around. I've also thought that we can start just after the ending of a small faire that happened in said town, and that gives them a bit of why they went to this town (they went to the faire). Beyond that, I'm not entirely sure of how to get these 5 different people "together"..?</p><p></p><p> I don't entirely have a "story-line" planned, when I said I'd run a game I kind of just invisioned multiple little quests/jobs that they could run. Say, deliver this to this person that lives in a secluded area, bandits are being problematic over in this area, I went to visit my families grave sight and the undead where up and walking about, etc.. etc.. Is that a problem that I don't have a real story planned? Any suggestions?</p><p></p><p> Also, as a side note that doesn't really need to be answered, I saw in another thread where someone had mentioned about having the PC's be settlers and starting up a new town.. I'd like to incorporate that somehow as well, but I'd like it to be close to this current town, but I'm not really sure how to do that. I dunno, I just kind of thought it would be fun to have the PC's be apart of building a new town and getting to govern some or all of it's choices.</p><p></p><p> So, if you could help in any way, I'd greatly appreciate it! I think of myself as "kind of" creative, but would love to hear others' ideas! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>~Wonka</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WonkaMania, post: 1234314, member: 11035"] Hello there everyone, I'm kind of new to DM'ing and I'm going to be starting a new campaign shortly. The group is already established, we've had other DM's run a few different games that we've played in, but now I'm going to take my turn at DM'ing. I want a more emphasis on roleplaying in my campaign, compared to just hack and slash. I want players to immerse themselves into their character and actually breathe life into them! I'm going to give these characters and extra 4 skill points at first lvl to be spent on "craft" or "profession" types of skills. I'm going to make these characters keep track of encumbrence of their character, and make them eat food and drink water every day. They'll need to hunt for new food, or pick it off of a branch, and they'll need to cook their food. So far, what I'm thinking of, is having them start in a small town, say, that is well known for producing some of the best cheese around. I've also thought that we can start just after the ending of a small faire that happened in said town, and that gives them a bit of why they went to this town (they went to the faire). Beyond that, I'm not entirely sure of how to get these 5 different people "together"..? I don't entirely have a "story-line" planned, when I said I'd run a game I kind of just invisioned multiple little quests/jobs that they could run. Say, deliver this to this person that lives in a secluded area, bandits are being problematic over in this area, I went to visit my families grave sight and the undead where up and walking about, etc.. etc.. Is that a problem that I don't have a real story planned? Any suggestions? Also, as a side note that doesn't really need to be answered, I saw in another thread where someone had mentioned about having the PC's be settlers and starting up a new town.. I'd like to incorporate that somehow as well, but I'd like it to be close to this current town, but I'm not really sure how to do that. I dunno, I just kind of thought it would be fun to have the PC's be apart of building a new town and getting to govern some or all of it's choices. So, if you could help in any way, I'd greatly appreciate it! I think of myself as "kind of" creative, but would love to hear others' ideas! :) ~Wonka [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
[DM]- How to get party together at beginning of new campaign?
Top