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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 958357" data-attributes="member: 4441">Today I embark on a new adventure in D&D...  I'm going to DM for the first time!  I had left my copy of The Gamers movie out, and a random roommate (roommate by coincidence and convience, I didn't know her until May), picked it up and asked what it was about.  I explained, and mentioned it was a lot funnier if you were a roleplayer.  She said she had always wanted to learn how to play.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I proceded to tell her that my boyfriend and I were roleplayers, had all our books here, and gamed twice a week.  I immediately loaned her my PHB and told her to give the first three chapters a read in preparation for rolling up a character.  While she wouldn't be able to join our games (we have 8 people in our group, and they're pretty hard to manage as it is), I said I would be willing to run an adventure.She originally said she wanted to be a troll, but then after I explained the whole ECL concept, she backpeddled and sensibly said, "Maybe I should start with something simple."  She wanted her character to be both short, and able to cook, neither of which she is in real life.  She was also interested in being a fighter-type.  She decided on a halfing rogue.  I'm starting her at first level, roped my boyfriend to being the fighter, and I'll throw in an NPC cleric for them at some point.I've decided to keep this adventure simple for both me and them.  A kobold band, being directed by some powerful crimelord, have been robbing caravans along a popular trade route.  Recently, two caravans of alchemical products being taken to be used in a distant war were raided.  The alchemist in the town of origin is beside herself, as her reputation is on the line if her products aren't delivered.  The caravan master is also irked, as over 10 caravans have been raided, and he's lost a lot of profit.  The raiders are striking fast, and using poisoned arrows on the guards.  Because of this, guards are raising their prices, citing the hazards.  Quickly trade is slowing to a crawl.  Enter the PCs.  Both the alchemist and the caravan master are willing to pay a high reward to anyone who can burn out the raider's nest and return as much supplies as possible.I was intending on having a cleric of Fharlahgn (sp) join them, saying that she wanted to help keep the roads safe.  Together they'll hopefully track the kobolds to their cave.  The cave is fairly deep, and inhabited by many dangerous critters, but the kobolds have befriended some, and fed others in order to get a number of "watchdogs."  The PCs however, are going to have to deal with them.They'll encounter the kobolds, find secret doors, defeat traps, fight some strange kobold allies, rescue a trapped person, and uncover a conspiracy.  I'll post back after tonight's game hopefully!</blockquote>

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