New DM to D20 PnP

[Festivus]

Greetings,

I used to play D&D way back when we called it AD&D 1st edition. Then I got busy with life and almost forgot about it. Then Neverwinter Nights came out, and I wrote adventures, and still currently DM a campaign using that medium. But I long for more...

So I went to GenCon SoCal and played in an introductory 3.5 edition D&D game so I could get a grasp of the mechanics of the game, and felt fairly comfortable playing as a player. Some of the NWN campaign players want to try playing online with Fantasy Grounds and Ventrillo voice chat, and I am agreeable to DM them. I own the 3rd edition DMG, PHB and MM since NWN uses that ruleset, and I have been reading them. So I am familiar with some of the mechanics, but NWN spoils me with automatically making all the rolls and saves for me, so much will be new to me.

The crux of my problem is time. I don't have time to sit and write out an adventure that we can intro with. Does anyone have a recommendation for a module for a first time DM for D20 rules that we can run?

 

[BiggusGeekus]

The crux of my problem is time. I don't have time to sit and write out an adventure that we can intro with. Does anyone have a recommendation for a module for a first time DM for D20 rules that we can run?

The one I generally recomend for new-ish DMs is The Hamlet of Thumble by Ed Cha.

But really you'll be OK. The hardest thing a 1e DM has to work around with 3e is attacks of opportunity. You can fudge around AoOs pretty easily ("Did this guy do something in melee range that wasn't fighting?") It won't be 100% accurate, but it will get you through the first couple of games.

Welcome back to the game!

 

[DonTadow]

At www.rpgnow.com they have adventures and modules for fantasy grounds that you can upload into there. There are several introductary adventures.