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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 2178891" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>My old DM did what I thought was a really good opening. He called it his "James Bond" opening. The PCs were all on their own in the same general area near a town - well, two PCs knew each other and were together, but the other 5 guys were by themselves and one guy was a native of the town.</p><p></p><p>He started it off with short, quick combats or roleplay situations for each first level PC. My dwarf came upon a kidnapped halfling and had to rescue it from a gnoll... the two PCs together had to break up a goblin raid... another guy had to bluff some rogues into stopping their crime (they outnumbered him 5 to 1) ... and I forget the rest. But, similar things that took about 5-7 minutes in game apiece.</p><p></p><p>At the end of each scenario, the PC then saw a huge red dragon flying in the sky towards the town. Naturally curious, all the PCs followed the dragon, most thinking that we'd have to bury the dead. The final encounter came with the last PC - a fledgling wizard. The dragon had landed at the wizard's master's house when the PC wizard was out on an errand. The dragon incinerated the house & master when the PC wizard comes home. PC wizard is obviously terrified and wondering why the DM hates his character so much... Shockingly, the dragon then notices an amulet on the wizard's neck (a gift from his master) and gets scared and flies off - just as the rest of the PCs arrive on the scene of the charred house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 2178891, member: 10784"] My old DM did what I thought was a really good opening. He called it his "James Bond" opening. The PCs were all on their own in the same general area near a town - well, two PCs knew each other and were together, but the other 5 guys were by themselves and one guy was a native of the town. He started it off with short, quick combats or roleplay situations for each first level PC. My dwarf came upon a kidnapped halfling and had to rescue it from a gnoll... the two PCs together had to break up a goblin raid... another guy had to bluff some rogues into stopping their crime (they outnumbered him 5 to 1) ... and I forget the rest. But, similar things that took about 5-7 minutes in game apiece. At the end of each scenario, the PC then saw a huge red dragon flying in the sky towards the town. Naturally curious, all the PCs followed the dragon, most thinking that we'd have to bury the dead. The final encounter came with the last PC - a fledgling wizard. The dragon had landed at the wizard's master's house when the PC wizard was out on an errand. The dragon incinerated the house & master when the PC wizard comes home. PC wizard is obviously terrified and wondering why the DM hates his character so much... Shockingly, the dragon then notices an amulet on the wizard's neck (a gift from his master) and gets scared and flies off - just as the rest of the PCs arrive on the scene of the charred house. [/QUOTE]
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