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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kafkonia" data-source="post: 2895174" data-attributes="member: 40261">So I finally ran my first session today. My concerns about monster repetition didn't come into play, as they only ran into one rat swarm and two sets of darkmantles. If we run again (this was a fill-in game because some players couldn't make it) then I may have to start using some of my monster variants.I started them at 2nd level, and had the players roll up their characters PHB-style. They all had class and race ideas, and tried to arrange their rolls to fit those. We wound up with a full-blooded orc barbarian with a CHA of 3 (because it couldn't go lower), a warforged monk, a human favoured soul of Selune, and a dwarven cleric of *mumblemumble* <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> god of healing and caverns.The barbarian player played Gront to the hilt -- since the characters were thrown together and equipped by a mysterious force, he decided to christen his new greatsword in blood. The dwarf's blood. <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=":)" /> So they were off to a great start already.When they encountered the three orcs in the second room, I made it clear that they looked haggard and sick, trying to look menacing but only doing it half-heartedly. The human, dwarf, and warforged considered their options... the barbarian attacked. He dropped two of them before any of them got to go. But when the surviving orc warrior went -- he criticalled Gront. Dropped him to -2 hit points with one blow. And after the favoured soul healed him (the cleric refused on moral grounds), he got dropped to negative 2 *again* before the monk finished off the warrior.The "meat shield" then spent the rest of the day limping about in single-digit HP. It was quite amusing to see the big bad orc barbarian with a STR of 22 making sure he was always at the back of the party.... <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=":)" />I hope I can fit in a bit more rp'ing in the next session, should it occur. Of course, having a full-blooded orc in the party will make it all but impossible to have any meaningful parley with the kobolds...</blockquote>

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