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<blockquote data-quote="Nyaricus" data-source="post: 3072253" data-attributes="member: 35678"><p>Well, having never done a story hour before, this might be a bit rough -- at best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>In any case, I have a large-scale campaign planned in Faerun, starting in Hlondeth, the City of Serpents. The heroes will, soon enough, find themselves over their heads in a miasma of plots, problems and power-struggle.</p><p></p><p>First, a bit of background (please excuse if this gets a bit wordy, I just want to get out there what the goals are in my mind for this campaign): I've been DMing since February of 2005 (or about 1 1/2 years at this point) and have gone through 2 groups (and am now with my third) since then - though my two best friends Trev and Brian have been through these changes with me. I've DMed a group as large as 12 at once during one session, and as low as 3, and prefer something like 4-8 players, on average. However, I still largely consider myself a DMing noobie, and I am trying to make my campaigns more dynamic, and up the ROLE-playing aspect of it with whatever skills I can come up with. Thus far, we've had two sessions (plus a session devoted to character creation and campaign goals) and it's been moreso on the positive side of the sucess/failure spectrum, by and large, which is encouraging <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I also want this to be a long-term campaign, and go from a low level (we're starting at 3) to ~level 20. I can't wait to see what happens with this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>In any case, my friend Trevor is on a half-year-long trip with Canada World Youth Org, and won't be back til December, so I am down one player. In the group right now is: Janelle, a friend of mine from highschool; my buddy Brian (another highschool friend); Max, a friend I met via work; Hughie and Ashley, a couple I met via D&D Meetups; and Mark, another one met via D&D Meetups.</p><p></p><p>Here is the party at the start of the campaign:</p><p>Ashley - Chondathan Wild Elf Animal Shape Druid 3</p><p>Brian - hasn't been able to play yet; no character.</p><p>Hughie - Sembian Lightfoot Halfling Beguiler 3</p><p>Janelle - Chessantan Air Genasi (LA+0) Ranger 3</p><p>Mark - Smoking Mountains Gold Dwarf Knight 3</p><p>Max - Dragon Coast Human Favoured Soul of Kelemvor 3</p><p></p><p>I'll be starting to write up my story hour tomorrow hopefully; for now here's the teaser etxt I gave to my players</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>cheers,</p><p>--N</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nyaricus, post: 3072253, member: 35678"] Well, having never done a story hour before, this might be a bit rough -- at best :p In any case, I have a large-scale campaign planned in Faerun, starting in Hlondeth, the City of Serpents. The heroes will, soon enough, find themselves over their heads in a miasma of plots, problems and power-struggle. First, a bit of background (please excuse if this gets a bit wordy, I just want to get out there what the goals are in my mind for this campaign): I've been DMing since February of 2005 (or about 1 1/2 years at this point) and have gone through 2 groups (and am now with my third) since then - though my two best friends Trev and Brian have been through these changes with me. I've DMed a group as large as 12 at once during one session, and as low as 3, and prefer something like 4-8 players, on average. However, I still largely consider myself a DMing noobie, and I am trying to make my campaigns more dynamic, and up the ROLE-playing aspect of it with whatever skills I can come up with. Thus far, we've had two sessions (plus a session devoted to character creation and campaign goals) and it's been moreso on the positive side of the sucess/failure spectrum, by and large, which is encouraging :) I also want this to be a long-term campaign, and go from a low level (we're starting at 3) to ~level 20. I can't wait to see what happens with this :) In any case, my friend Trevor is on a half-year-long trip with Canada World Youth Org, and won't be back til December, so I am down one player. In the group right now is: Janelle, a friend of mine from highschool; my buddy Brian (another highschool friend); Max, a friend I met via work; Hughie and Ashley, a couple I met via D&D Meetups; and Mark, another one met via D&D Meetups. Here is the party at the start of the campaign: Ashley - Chondathan Wild Elf Animal Shape Druid 3 Brian - hasn't been able to play yet; no character. Hughie - Sembian Lightfoot Halfling Beguiler 3 Janelle - Chessantan Air Genasi (LA+0) Ranger 3 Mark - Smoking Mountains Gold Dwarf Knight 3 Max - Dragon Coast Human Favoured Soul of Kelemvor 3 I'll be starting to write up my story hour tomorrow hopefully; for now here's the teaser etxt I gave to my players cheers, --N [/QUOTE]
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