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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5288031" data-attributes="member: 1210">First, I'd figure out whether the pcs start off knowing each other or have to meet up in their first session. If it's a 'meet up' session, start with each pc's class and race and figure out where they are at the start. Then look for ways to connect the pcs into various groups until they're all involved. Then figure out how to wrap an adventure around it. Bearing in mind that your group is evil (I assume, among other things, that means selfish), you need to make sure they have appropriate motivations for teaming up on this first adventure, too.For example, let's say you have the following pcs in the group:Dwarf fighterElf rangerGnome bardEladrin wizardHuman wardenYou decide that the dwarf starts off in his family's home fortress in the nearby mountains. He has to go to the human city as part of a trade expedition his father is leading. The ranger is a guide that the dwarf's father can hire to lead them safely to the city. This connects the dwarf fighter and the elf ranger.The gnome bard is an entertainer hired by a wealthy merchant for a big meeting that includes the dwarf fighter's father. The eladrin wizard is with another of these groups; this connects these two to the dwarf and elf. You could do the same with the human warden, but instead, it might be cool to tie him to the villains of the first adventure. Maybe he's an expert on the local bandits or something, and the others seek him out to track the villains down.Speaking of the first adventure- it's obviously got to have something to do with the trade meeting. Maybe it is disrupted, or while the meeting is underway important documents are stolen. Whatever it is, it shouldn't pit the pcs against each other, and the reward for success should be enough to make the pcs want to succeed. Also, things should move quickly enough that the poor warden doesn't spend hours sitting around waiting for the party to get to him. If need be, run a short scene or two for him- maybe he can fight a couple of bandit minions and you can show him (rather than tell him) that the bandits are his hated enemies.Anyway, good luck to you both! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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