ValiantViolet
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So my friends and some of their friends are going to be starting a D&D campaign. There are going to be 6 of us with the possibility of a 7th (although, I really hope not.) Everyone is pretty much new to D&D have only played one or two tiny campaigns, if at all. I thought being a DM sounded like a fun thing to organize so I volunteered (because no one else wanted to do it.) I have never played D&D before and honestly I think it might have been a bit silly of me to agree but I'm willing to put in the the work for it to be good.
I have already started to read the dungeon masters guide, and after I'm finished with that I'll read the players handbook and the monster manual. I have also been watching some of Critical Role on YouTube and have been watching Geek and Sundry's GM Tips. Please let me know if there are any other helpful Youtube Videos or Articles that will help me.
I am going to start us out doing one of the D&D adventure books. None of us want to do the starter set and we want a longer campaign. The Curse of Strahd looks really interesting and cool. Most of us would like to do this campaign but from what I understand this is not a very good for a beginner groupand a beginner DM. If anyone has any tips for us to be able to play this as our first campaign that would be great but I will probably do this as our second.
Princes of the Apocalypse looks really cool, as well as, Out of the Abyss. I am not sure if I understand exactly what Tales of the Yawning Portal is but is seems like something you would add onto a campaign you have already started. Is this correct? Storm King's Thunder also looks really neat but I have heard that this one is difficult to start off with as well. But not as much as Curse of Strahd. The others do not hold any interest to me or anyone else in the group.
So which one of these do you think would be best for a beginner group like our's, and that is also not too difficult for a brand new DM? Any tips you could give us?
I have already started to read the dungeon masters guide, and after I'm finished with that I'll read the players handbook and the monster manual. I have also been watching some of Critical Role on YouTube and have been watching Geek and Sundry's GM Tips. Please let me know if there are any other helpful Youtube Videos or Articles that will help me.
I am going to start us out doing one of the D&D adventure books. None of us want to do the starter set and we want a longer campaign. The Curse of Strahd looks really interesting and cool. Most of us would like to do this campaign but from what I understand this is not a very good for a beginner groupand a beginner DM. If anyone has any tips for us to be able to play this as our first campaign that would be great but I will probably do this as our second.
Princes of the Apocalypse looks really cool, as well as, Out of the Abyss. I am not sure if I understand exactly what Tales of the Yawning Portal is but is seems like something you would add onto a campaign you have already started. Is this correct? Storm King's Thunder also looks really neat but I have heard that this one is difficult to start off with as well. But not as much as Curse of Strahd. The others do not hold any interest to me or anyone else in the group.
So which one of these do you think would be best for a beginner group like our's, and that is also not too difficult for a brand new DM? Any tips you could give us?