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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marshall Gatten" data-source="post: 6144057" data-attributes="member: 6705156">I'm itching to start my first Pathfinder campaign after several decades of running D&D, and I'm hoping for recommendations for a good start.I started with the original Keep On The Borderlands the year it was first published. I've bought and run every new edition up to and including 3.5. But WOTC releasing so many editions in such a short period for what was clearly a money grab got me irritated enough that I decided not to move on to 4.0. Of course, the completist geek in me finally compelled me to buy the 4.0 books anyway, but I haven't read them. They proudly gather dust in an act of geeky defiance.Which is why Pathfinder seems so excellent to me. I've got all the core books and several of the not-so-core books. I love what I see and I'm eager to start something epic. But there are a lot of choices, and without having read them all already, I figure I'm best off asking for the opinions of you Pathfinder-entrenched experts.I'll most likely only have three players, and I prefer to play one character per player. So any seriously deadly campaigns for full sized parties will be too much. (I'm considering putting them on the fastest advancement track so that they are soon leveled enough that at, say, 4th level, the party will be able to defeat stuff meant for a full sized 3rd level party. Advice on handling this is much welcomed.)Two of the players are as experienced (one is perhaps even more experienced) than I am. The third has a lot of experience in certain roles but hasn't been playing long enough to be an "expert" at any of it. The two more experienced players are roleplay-centric. The third prefers action. So a good mix is needed that doesn't drown either with the other.What I'm looking for is something sandboxy and old-schooly where there are enough adventure hooks to keep them busy at any given level before moving on to the next sandboxy thing for a while, but with some overarching story lines and hopefully an inspiringly epic final goal. Things I'm considering so far:I was in on the Autarch Kickstarter for Dwimmermount. It looked very awesome. Two problems: Lots of conversion needed, and (more troubling) the early drafts show that it needs A LOT of work and it gets pretty cheesy at the end. Plus, getting anything like a final version is a hope that just keeps dwindling further into the horizon. I think I've eliminated it from real consideration."To Slay a Dragon" looks very promising. This is probably my current fore-runner."War of the Burning Sky" is what I'd REALLY like to do, but it's conversion to Pathfinder looks to still be a long way from completion. I can wait a few months, but it looks like it's most likely going to be quite a bit longer than that. (I've sent a PM to Leopold asking if he has any estimates, but I know it's too early to get firm guesses on that.)I have "The Age of Lords" campaign setting, but no modules or campaigns set in it. If there is a good one that can be recommended, this would be a fine setting to run. Any thoughts or advice?Marshall</blockquote>

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