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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Ruminahui" data-source="post: 4626209" data-attributes="member: 81104">Glad you approve, especially since I've never DMed D&amp;D before (well, not since basic D&amp;D when I was in my early teens - as an adult I have only GMed Shadowrun, and most of that was over 10 years ago).&nbsp;And that's a very good point about them Nova-ing, especially at later levels. At the moment, though, its not something I'm concerned about - indeed, part of the reason why I'm &quot;enforcing&quot; extended rests is to allow myself to get a hang of how difficult an encounter is for my party - they have been roughly n+2 so far, and will be n+4 for the final fight versus the raiding party.&nbsp;Anyway, I will play it by ear, and keep that concern in mind. For level 2 I have planned a couple of more typical dungeon crawls (one a modified version of the DMG kobold hall adventure), as well a &quot;one off&quot; encounter.&nbsp;After that they will be trying to sneak under an enemy occupied tunnel complex, so I expect levels 3-5 or so to essentially be one big dungeon crawl... which will pretty much force me to learn the proper pacing and challenges associated with that type of adventuring.&nbsp;In any case, I would recommend the &quot;extended outside dungeon&quot; concept for other beginner DMs/parties, as it really allows the DM to set whatever pacing he/she feels is appropriate and not be constrained by what might be realistic in a more compact dungeon environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Ruminahui, shrink with a spear</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr_Ruminahui, post: 4626209, member: 81104"] Glad you approve, especially since I've never DMed D&D before (well, not since basic D&D when I was in my early teens - as an adult I have only GMed Shadowrun, and most of that was over 10 years ago). And that's a very good point about them Nova-ing, especially at later levels. At the moment, though, its not something I'm concerned about - indeed, part of the reason why I'm "enforcing" extended rests is to allow myself to get a hang of how difficult an encounter is for my party - they have been roughly n+2 so far, and will be n+4 for the final fight versus the raiding party. Anyway, I will play it by ear, and keep that concern in mind. For level 2 I have planned a couple of more typical dungeon crawls (one a modified version of the DMG kobold hall adventure), as well a "one off" encounter. After that they will be trying to sneak under an enemy occupied tunnel complex, so I expect levels 3-5 or so to essentially be one big dungeon crawl... which will pretty much force me to learn the proper pacing and challenges associated with that type of adventuring. In any case, I would recommend the "extended outside dungeon" concept for other beginner DMs/parties, as it really allows the DM to set whatever pacing he/she feels is appropriate and not be constrained by what might be realistic in a more compact dungeon environment. Dr. Ruminahui, shrink with a spear [/QUOTE]

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