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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 2613058" data-attributes="member: 14041"><p>Write your own. It will be easier for you as a new DM to keep up with everything that has to happen. Either pregen some 1st level PCs or the players make their own using ONLY Core material. Trust me it will be easier for you to limit options at first and later introduce things in.</p><p></p><p>Follow this formula for a first level adventure:</p><p></p><p>Encounter 1: EL <= 1 (either a monter with a CR less than 1 or some kind of skill or RP challange)</p><p>Encounter 2 and 3: EL =1 (one of these should probablly be a couple of low CR critters or NPCs and one could be a single CR 1 critter)</p><p>Encounter 4: EL =2 (the big bads lts. or guards or a more significant obstcle)</p><p>Encounter 5: EL = 3 or 4 depending on how you feel about your ability and the PCs (this is the main encounter and should be challanging)</p><p></p><p>That will give you one reasonable single session adventure (maybe 2 depending on role play time). 2 of those should be enough for the party to level up, unless you give none combat XP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 2613058, member: 14041"] Write your own. It will be easier for you as a new DM to keep up with everything that has to happen. Either pregen some 1st level PCs or the players make their own using ONLY Core material. Trust me it will be easier for you to limit options at first and later introduce things in. Follow this formula for a first level adventure: Encounter 1: EL <= 1 (either a monter with a CR less than 1 or some kind of skill or RP challange) Encounter 2 and 3: EL =1 (one of these should probablly be a couple of low CR critters or NPCs and one could be a single CR 1 critter) Encounter 4: EL =2 (the big bads lts. or guards or a more significant obstcle) Encounter 5: EL = 3 or 4 depending on how you feel about your ability and the PCs (this is the main encounter and should be challanging) That will give you one reasonable single session adventure (maybe 2 depending on role play time). 2 of those should be enough for the party to level up, unless you give none combat XP. [/QUOTE]
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