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<blockquote data-quote="Melkor" data-source="post: 1020734" data-attributes="member: 10786"><p>Thanks for the input so far. I'll check out your product, but in the end - I think I am going to make something up from scratch.</p><p></p><p>I have always fealt that the 1st level start was the best thing to do to give you the opportunity to flesh out your character. After so many 1st level characters, I have two reasons for wanting to start at 3rd level:</p><p></p><p>1) My players have made <strong>so many</strong> first level characters over the years that have been shelved 'for a new campaign', that they feel like the are living in Groundhog Day....Part of this is my fault, part of this is the fault of our original DM.</p><p></p><p>2) After playing for so many years, I've tried a number of things to start campaigns out. Either the players already know each other (i.e. Grew up together), or they meet in the first adventure. I've found that meeting in the first adventure usually doesn't inspire my players to have their character's feel a need to sacrifice for the other characters, or even accompany them on an adventure. </p><p></p><p>I've tried different things in the past to 'throw them' into a situation where they feel a mutual need, but after gaming 18 years together, even this feels stale.</p><p></p><p>If I start them at 3rd level - The characters haven't advanced so far that they are fully developed, and their lives have already played out - yet I can write a one page description and give them a full background of their adventures together and why they would care to adventure with the rest of the group.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>With all of that said, I've decided I want something in a winter setting....lots of ice and snow......and a fortress built into a chasm or on a cliffside that the characters will have to explore......Don't know why....dont have any plot hooks - but that seems like a cool setting to me.</p><p></p><p>Any further help would be appreciated....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melkor, post: 1020734, member: 10786"] Thanks for the input so far. I'll check out your product, but in the end - I think I am going to make something up from scratch. I have always fealt that the 1st level start was the best thing to do to give you the opportunity to flesh out your character. After so many 1st level characters, I have two reasons for wanting to start at 3rd level: 1) My players have made [b]so many[/b] first level characters over the years that have been shelved 'for a new campaign', that they feel like the are living in Groundhog Day....Part of this is my fault, part of this is the fault of our original DM. 2) After playing for so many years, I've tried a number of things to start campaigns out. Either the players already know each other (i.e. Grew up together), or they meet in the first adventure. I've found that meeting in the first adventure usually doesn't inspire my players to have their character's feel a need to sacrifice for the other characters, or even accompany them on an adventure. I've tried different things in the past to 'throw them' into a situation where they feel a mutual need, but after gaming 18 years together, even this feels stale. If I start them at 3rd level - The characters haven't advanced so far that they are fully developed, and their lives have already played out - yet I can write a one page description and give them a full background of their adventures together and why they would care to adventure with the rest of the group. With all of that said, I've decided I want something in a winter setting....lots of ice and snow......and a fortress built into a chasm or on a cliffside that the characters will have to explore......Don't know why....dont have any plot hooks - but that seems like a cool setting to me. Any further help would be appreciated.... [/QUOTE]
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