Hi,
Anyone have tips for a new DM? I have two or three players depending on the day, and we're working on the Kobold Hall adventure in the 4.0 DMG.
It's taking a long time, and we average 2 encounters per 6 hour gaming session. It just feels slow. Part of it is the players don't have their powers memorized, but part of it is the HP of monsters seem high, plus it's designed for 5 players.
Any tips?
Make the monsters half or 3/4 HPs? Take out a monster or two? I'm loath to modify rules but it just isn't working now.
We played 3 games over 6 weeks and could tell they were sick of not leveling up (they were at 700 xp or so) and so I threw them 500 xp to get them to level 2... plus I don't think they'll live to make it through the large white dragon at the end. That concerns me a lot.
Is there not a small or medium sized dragon?
Anyone have tips for a new DM? I have two or three players depending on the day, and we're working on the Kobold Hall adventure in the 4.0 DMG.
It's taking a long time, and we average 2 encounters per 6 hour gaming session. It just feels slow. Part of it is the players don't have their powers memorized, but part of it is the HP of monsters seem high, plus it's designed for 5 players.
Any tips?
Make the monsters half or 3/4 HPs? Take out a monster or two? I'm loath to modify rules but it just isn't working now.
We played 3 games over 6 weeks and could tell they were sick of not leveling up (they were at 700 xp or so) and so I threw them 500 xp to get them to level 2... plus I don't think they'll live to make it through the large white dragon at the end. That concerns me a lot.
Is there not a small or medium sized dragon?