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<blockquote data-quote="Tyranthraxus" data-source="post: 6731591" data-attributes="member: 13335"><p>I dont have that many players 'crossing the streams' ie playing in both my Encounters and Expeditions. Maybe 1-2 of them .</p><p></p><p>In regards to previous OPs, none of them have played in any previous OP campaigns. No LG, no LC nothing like that. I have but dont know of anyone else locally who has. Gaming was never huge in Australia (out population to player ration is a pale shadow of the American ratio).</p><p></p><p>Some people dont like it, esp when they thought the BBEG armor from Feathergale spire couldnt actually be kept. I actually had a player leave because of that.. they couldnt wrap their head around that. I explain that my Wed night Encounters sessions are really to introduce new players in, which obviously makes the story suffer. At the moment Im constantly having to juggle between the level 6 (who so nearly died to the UmberHulk) and the level now 2's. Then Ill get a new level 1 hit. </p><p></p><p>It is a struggle, but Im really pro getting new people into gaming. Im going to have to significantly increase the forces in the Keep (which after the upcoming rescue attempt to retrieve a pc body for a raise) will be next and hopefully not have to do much with Scarlet Moon. </p><p></p><p>(I was actually secretly hoping.. and I feel so horrible for saying this that there would be a TPK to the Umber Hulk so I could restart in Out of the Abyss with a fresh cast of level 1's). Ive deleted that thought now but at the time, It was so leaning that way. </p><p></p><p>I have a core of 3 players who are the party historians (even if they are casual players who only recently purchased a PHB between them). They dont really ever remember npc names or locations, but their version of game history when consulting each other is generally pretty accurate. </p><p></p><p>Yeah sometimes it does feel like a Grind, but I need to keep going to grow the hobby in my Area or it just wont. ( and I dont think Im speaking in a Narcisstic way there... when I was away for 2 weeks... there was no talk of the group getting together to do anything else like Board games or a pickup game.. there was just no game for 2 weeks)</p><p></p><p>Im actually finding the flipping around in the book the most annoying thing really, that is incrediby minor though <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=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So after the party return to Red Larch to meet with a faction contact to get a scrool/dm item to bring back to life the body of their comrade they left behind to the Orogs at the Monastery , they will likely use the prisoners info to get to the Keep after which Im going to seriously have to bolster forces there to around level 5 ish levels and then hopefully by then I have people to 4's and then Scarlet Moon Hall and then hopefully we should be back on track! ..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tyranthraxus, post: 6731591, member: 13335"] I dont have that many players 'crossing the streams' ie playing in both my Encounters and Expeditions. Maybe 1-2 of them . In regards to previous OPs, none of them have played in any previous OP campaigns. No LG, no LC nothing like that. I have but dont know of anyone else locally who has. Gaming was never huge in Australia (out population to player ration is a pale shadow of the American ratio). Some people dont like it, esp when they thought the BBEG armor from Feathergale spire couldnt actually be kept. I actually had a player leave because of that.. they couldnt wrap their head around that. I explain that my Wed night Encounters sessions are really to introduce new players in, which obviously makes the story suffer. At the moment Im constantly having to juggle between the level 6 (who so nearly died to the UmberHulk) and the level now 2's. Then Ill get a new level 1 hit. It is a struggle, but Im really pro getting new people into gaming. Im going to have to significantly increase the forces in the Keep (which after the upcoming rescue attempt to retrieve a pc body for a raise) will be next and hopefully not have to do much with Scarlet Moon. (I was actually secretly hoping.. and I feel so horrible for saying this that there would be a TPK to the Umber Hulk so I could restart in Out of the Abyss with a fresh cast of level 1's). Ive deleted that thought now but at the time, It was so leaning that way. I have a core of 3 players who are the party historians (even if they are casual players who only recently purchased a PHB between them). They dont really ever remember npc names or locations, but their version of game history when consulting each other is generally pretty accurate. Yeah sometimes it does feel like a Grind, but I need to keep going to grow the hobby in my Area or it just wont. ( and I dont think Im speaking in a Narcisstic way there... when I was away for 2 weeks... there was no talk of the group getting together to do anything else like Board games or a pickup game.. there was just no game for 2 weeks) Im actually finding the flipping around in the book the most annoying thing really, that is incrediby minor though :) So after the party return to Red Larch to meet with a faction contact to get a scrool/dm item to bring back to life the body of their comrade they left behind to the Orogs at the Monastery , they will likely use the prisoners info to get to the Keep after which Im going to seriously have to bolster forces there to around level 5 ish levels and then hopefully by then I have people to 4's and then Scarlet Moon Hall and then hopefully we should be back on track! .. [/QUOTE]
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