TheMinxTail
2010-06-11, 11:40 AM
Okay, I just managed to boost my numbers in my DnD group to an amount where I can have them play most published adventures without the use of addition- or DM controlled-PCs. As such, I'm picking up my first adventure path to run the group through the hoops. When we complete that, I might try an original adventure of my own, but in the meantime it is good to gain experience as a DM and as a PC, so I'm using Pathfinder adventure paths.
As these events tend to take months or even years of gameplay depending on how often I can scrounge up a group, it is pertinent I decide from the offset what adventure path to take; I found a good deal for Rise of teh Runelords, but I already own teh first installment of Council of Thieves. As Council of Thieves is of course a more urban focussed path, I imagine it plays quite differently from most others where you sepnd teh majority of the game in some fort of ancient dungeon or magic forest or what have you. I grasp the basics of DMing, I know the Rulebook from cover to cover, and I even picked up a bargain Monster Manual (not PF, but easily converted, for quick reference). However, there are many players and indeed DMs out there who I know are very experienced, so I must ask you this, and perhaps kick off an interesting conversation on the forums as a side;
Is it better for a new gaming group, of whom the majority of players are inexperienced and unfamiliar with the game, to play an urban focussed campaign or a more varied one, such as in the wilderness, or at higher levels the plains?
As these events tend to take months or even years of gameplay depending on how often I can scrounge up a group, it is pertinent I decide from the offset what adventure path to take; I found a good deal for Rise of teh Runelords, but I already own teh first installment of Council of Thieves. As Council of Thieves is of course a more urban focussed path, I imagine it plays quite differently from most others where you sepnd teh majority of the game in some fort of ancient dungeon or magic forest or what have you. I grasp the basics of DMing, I know the Rulebook from cover to cover, and I even picked up a bargain Monster Manual (not PF, but easily converted, for quick reference). However, there are many players and indeed DMs out there who I know are very experienced, so I must ask you this, and perhaps kick off an interesting conversation on the forums as a side;
Is it better for a new gaming group, of whom the majority of players are inexperienced and unfamiliar with the game, to play an urban focussed campaign or a more varied one, such as in the wilderness, or at higher levels the plains?