I was just thinking how I would start my first campaign as a DM (I have played for a while as a PC). Should I...
* have the players decide on their own how they get together
* make up some story where they were all summoned to a place from different areas (like how the fellowship got together in LOTR)
* give all the players amnesia so they have no clue why they are together, but give them background as the game goes on.
* ignore why they might be adventuring together and start the campaign in a bar.
How do you usually do it in your campaigns? My first campaign was started with the last option I gave. It wasn't too bad since we fleshed out our characters and their history as we went on, but starting that way doesn't really lead into any sort of a plot.
I am leaning towards having them summoned from different areas... but that is mainly because I have no other ideas. (And I still don't know how I would go about summoning them and for what purpose) I just want the story to be fairly believable and for there to be some reason why the PC's are adventuring together. You don't always see a dwarf, an elf, and a half-dragon growing up together as close friends.
* have the players decide on their own how they get together
* make up some story where they were all summoned to a place from different areas (like how the fellowship got together in LOTR)
* give all the players amnesia so they have no clue why they are together, but give them background as the game goes on.
* ignore why they might be adventuring together and start the campaign in a bar.
How do you usually do it in your campaigns? My first campaign was started with the last option I gave. It wasn't too bad since we fleshed out our characters and their history as we went on, but starting that way doesn't really lead into any sort of a plot.
I am leaning towards having them summoned from different areas... but that is mainly because I have no other ideas. (And I still don't know how I would go about summoning them and for what purpose) I just want the story to be fairly believable and for there to be some reason why the PC's are adventuring together. You don't always see a dwarf, an elf, and a half-dragon growing up together as close friends.