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Message: <blockquote data-quote="d'Anconia" data-source="post: 1133349" data-attributes="member: 1332">Hey guys,Well, I've finally gotten my wife to agree to game with me. For convenience sake, we've decided run a solo game with me as the DM. This presents quite a number of problems <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> First, although I've played for many years, I've rarely been behind the screen. Second, this is my wife's first game, and I want it to be memorable. And Third, it's a solo game, presenting many other kinds of difficulties. Here is the general idea I have in my head. Inspired by a post in the plots and places section, I'm going to be using Redhurst Academy of Magic (she wants to play a wizard) as kind of a base of operations. I also have read drnuncheon's Freeport story hour, so I figured I'd combine the two, and have Redhurst on an extended stay in Freeport, with my wife's pc having to spend several afternoons and weekends a week working for the Freeport Guard, with her partner (whom I'll be running as kind of a DMs PC).This sets up perfectly to move into the freeport trilogy.BUTI know drnuncheon started his PCs out at 3rd level, because there were only two of them. While this might work, I really want to start her out at 1st level, being this is her first game and all. 2nd level at the most. So, I guess I really have several questions. First, I know there have been tons of threads discussing each of my three major concerns, but lacking the search function I can't track them down. Could some kind souls link me to threads that have discussed these issues in the past:1) advise for a new DM2) advise for teaching a newbie to play3) advise on 1 on 1 gamingAlso, what should I do to prepare for Death in Freeport. Should I modify the adventure to be suitable for smaller parties? If so, how would you do it? Should I run some preliminary adventures to gain enough experience to start DiF at 3rd level? If so, does anyone have any ideas for low level adventures that would be suitable for 1 or 2 pcs? Also, if any one has any other advise about this, your help would be much appreciated.Thanks for the help,d'Anconia</blockquote>

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