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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cofbaron" data-source="post: 342545" data-attributes="member: 3901">For my first time DMing, I ran a one-shot dungeon crawl last night to get a feel for being behind the screen, with the PCs at 9th level. The dungeon itself I wrote up in less than a day, and while I wouldn't say I was trying to kill the characters, I did want to get a "feel" for the CRs . Some of the things I discovered last night:1. Orcs are not a challenge for a 9th-level fighter with Great Cleave. Even if you surround him with 30 of them.2. Stone Golems are pretty tough.3. Especially when, one round into combat, the fighter goes and tries to open a magic-radiating treasure chest, only to find out too late that it's a mimic.I will be starting my "real" campaign in about a week or so at fourth level. This is because, in my experience as a player, there is a much narrower margin of error when considering what a 1st-level party can handle, as opposed to one of higher level. Once I get more experience, I might change that, but for now I'd rather err on the side of caution.Cecil</blockquote>