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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 7555635" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p><strong>New 4e Campaign in Practice</strong></p><p></p><p>My original point of starting this thread was to share the experience of starting a new 4E campaign with players new to the system in 2019. It's kinda jumped off the rails with people discussing the verisimilitude of minions and the design paradigms of AEDU powers. So I wanted to let everyone know that it went amazingly well.</p><p></p><p>We began with table expectations and then I gave a primer on a white board I have posted in my gaming cave. I explained 4E mechanics in terms of 5E (as that was the common system for all players). I explained the action economy, the four defenses, healing surges, measurement (blasts vs. bursts, etc). Then we jumped into the game.</p><p></p><p>Like any other first session, I let the players describe their characters. I showed the regional map and discussed some of the basic politics of the area. Had some good role-playing to kick off the first quest (find a kidnapped boy who could be marked by Bahumat for greatness).</p><p></p><p>We had a five hour session that included roleplaying, urban investigation, and one combat with a thieves' guild that went pretty fast (it was honestly underpowered). But all of the players seemed to have a great time and are excited about the next game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 7555635, member: 42040"] [B]New 4e Campaign in Practice[/B] My original point of starting this thread was to share the experience of starting a new 4E campaign with players new to the system in 2019. It's kinda jumped off the rails with people discussing the verisimilitude of minions and the design paradigms of AEDU powers. So I wanted to let everyone know that it went amazingly well. We began with table expectations and then I gave a primer on a white board I have posted in my gaming cave. I explained 4E mechanics in terms of 5E (as that was the common system for all players). I explained the action economy, the four defenses, healing surges, measurement (blasts vs. bursts, etc). Then we jumped into the game. Like any other first session, I let the players describe their characters. I showed the regional map and discussed some of the basic politics of the area. Had some good role-playing to kick off the first quest (find a kidnapped boy who could be marked by Bahumat for greatness). We had a five hour session that included roleplaying, urban investigation, and one combat with a thieves' guild that went pretty fast (it was honestly underpowered). But all of the players seemed to have a great time and are excited about the next game. [/QUOTE]
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