malachi
2011-09-01, 12:27 PM
I am not my group's normal DM, but I decided I wanted to run a short module. I originally decided to do this on a week when the DM and one player wouldn't be present, and I'd introduce another friend to DnD. Some shenanegins happened, and I ended up DMing for a group of 4 (was expecting 3). This week, I have the options of DMing for 3 or 5 (or having someone who's normally involved in our group sitting out of the session).
The party consists of 4 PCs (barbarian, beast-form druid, warden, and sorcerer) and a DMNPC (lazylord to handle the healing). I wouldn't want to include a 6th character on the PCs' side, as the maps I made just aren't large enough to accommodate that many monsters/players. I also don't think that the new player would enjoy playing the lazylord (I would have to extrapolate the character out into a PC, but that shouldn't be too hard), as it basically only rolls when it heals.
If I play with only 3 people, it would be the barbarian who wouldn't be present.
I can add or remove characters without impacting what little story I have (the guy the PCs are working for / the NPC's father can teleport things when he makes purchases, and has so far demonstrated this with a yo-yo used to test a magical wall).
So this is my question; should I have a session when the barbarian's player is out of town, or should I try to work in the new player, or should I just continue with the same people and have the new player sit out?
It is pretty likely that our normal DM will have a session planned as well, which our normal group could do on a different day.
Oh, and because I forgot to say this earlier, only the friend I am introducing to DnD and I don't live at the house where we play DnD (if the newest player didn't live there, then I would have less reservations about having the next session without her, and then having our regular DM meet her DnD needs).
The party consists of 4 PCs (barbarian, beast-form druid, warden, and sorcerer) and a DMNPC (lazylord to handle the healing). I wouldn't want to include a 6th character on the PCs' side, as the maps I made just aren't large enough to accommodate that many monsters/players. I also don't think that the new player would enjoy playing the lazylord (I would have to extrapolate the character out into a PC, but that shouldn't be too hard), as it basically only rolls when it heals.
If I play with only 3 people, it would be the barbarian who wouldn't be present.
I can add or remove characters without impacting what little story I have (the guy the PCs are working for / the NPC's father can teleport things when he makes purchases, and has so far demonstrated this with a yo-yo used to test a magical wall).
So this is my question; should I have a session when the barbarian's player is out of town, or should I try to work in the new player, or should I just continue with the same people and have the new player sit out?
It is pretty likely that our normal DM will have a session planned as well, which our normal group could do on a different day.
Oh, and because I forgot to say this earlier, only the friend I am introducing to DnD and I don't live at the house where we play DnD (if the newest player didn't live there, then I would have less reservations about having the next session without her, and then having our regular DM meet her DnD needs).