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<blockquote data-quote="Amaroq" data-source="post: 5136153" data-attributes="member: 15470">Had a DM do this oh-so-very-well a number of years ago.Before arriving to the first session, he'd sent us an e-mail about the world, and said, &quot;You will be part of a caravan traveling from X to Y; please e-mail me back to describe your character (for minis) and tell me why you're with the caravan.&quot;We arrive, expecting some backstory, some time in X, the generic introduction to each other ...No.Our minis are out, on the table, with a caravan - we're told that we're two days out from X ... and ...The game starts with my character taking damage as the ratman ambush bursts out of the terrain to attack the caravan. Everybody roll initiative, even if you aren't a caravan guard like Amaroq's character is. Effing. Brilliant.Especially as the caravan gets burned, we get driven away from it, and eventually, outnumbered, make our final stand, thinking &quot;Wow, TPK in our first encounter?&quot; ...Only to find that losing was the opening scene for the campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amaroq, post: 5136153, member: 15470"] Had a DM do this oh-so-very-well a number of years ago. Before arriving to the first session, he'd sent us an e-mail about the world, and said, "You will be part of a caravan traveling from X to Y; please e-mail me back to describe your character (for minis) and tell me why you're with the caravan." We arrive, expecting some backstory, some time in X, the generic introduction to each other ... No. Our minis are [b]out[/b], on the table, with a caravan - we're told that we're two days out from X ... and ... The game starts with my character [b]taking damage[/b] as the ratman ambush bursts out of the terrain to attack the caravan. Everybody roll initiative, even if you aren't a caravan guard like Amaroq's character is. [B]Effing. Brilliant.[/b] Especially as the caravan gets burned, we get driven away from it, and eventually, outnumbered, make our final stand, thinking "Wow, TPK in our first encounter?" ... Only to find that [b]losing[/b] was the opening scene for the campaign. [/QUOTE]

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