jxk089
2010-07-20, 12:36 PM
I'm a novice DM attempting to create a 4e campaign for my group of 4 likewise novice players. Normally I'd go hogwild and just experiment, but we're operating under a few constraints:
We are a bunch of fairly active college students, so we'll probably only be able to get together once every two weeks or so.
Because of the aforementioned constraint we'll only be able to meet for 2-3 hours at a time.
Since we'll be scattering to parts unknown come spring, we're attempting to have a complete story arc finish by Christmas, meaning we're looking at 10-12 sessions.
I started creating an epic campaign where the PCs start as neophytes, grow strong, save the world, etc, but quickly realized that they may be a little ambitious for a first try under these circumstances.
All that having been said, does anyone have any advice for creating a 4e campaign in this situation? Any tips for what levels/tiers to play on? Any hints on how to structure adventures and quests with so little time for each play session? Any insight/advice/ideas you guys may have would be awesome.
We are a bunch of fairly active college students, so we'll probably only be able to get together once every two weeks or so.
Because of the aforementioned constraint we'll only be able to meet for 2-3 hours at a time.
Since we'll be scattering to parts unknown come spring, we're attempting to have a complete story arc finish by Christmas, meaning we're looking at 10-12 sessions.
I started creating an epic campaign where the PCs start as neophytes, grow strong, save the world, etc, but quickly realized that they may be a little ambitious for a first try under these circumstances.
All that having been said, does anyone have any advice for creating a 4e campaign in this situation? Any tips for what levels/tiers to play on? Any hints on how to structure adventures and quests with so little time for each play session? Any insight/advice/ideas you guys may have would be awesome.