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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8079256" data-attributes="member: 1465">That's a very good point. Running an adventure usually requires to first read it start-to-finish and know at least in broad strokes what's probably going to happen, even if you then mostly focus on the details of the first session. But you typically need/want to know as much as possible in advance, to better understand what's going on and why, and also to be able to deviate as soon as your players will take unexpected actions. Someone may argue that the Starter Set has a fairly short adventure, but that's it, all other official adventures are long or extremely long. A first-time DM probably needs a single-session adventure to start with, and possibly more, followed by longer adventures but still not 200 pages each.And all of this with a level advancement system that takes you way too quickly up to 3rd level! Clearly, the XP chart is built for experienced players who get bored when playing low-level characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8079256, member: 1465"] That's a very good point. Running an adventure usually requires to first read it start-to-finish and know at least in broad strokes what's probably going to happen, even if you then mostly focus on the details of the first session. But you typically need/want to know as much as possible in advance, to better understand what's going on and why, and also to be able to deviate as soon as your players will take unexpected actions. Someone may argue that the Starter Set has a fairly short adventure, but that's it, all other official adventures are long or extremely long. A first-time DM probably needs a [I]single-session [/I]adventure to start with, and possibly more, followed by longer adventures but still not 200 pages each. And all of this with a level advancement system that takes you way too quickly up to 3rd level! Clearly, the XP chart is built for experienced players who get bored when playing low-level characters. [/QUOTE]

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