ORione
2012-02-07, 08:37 PM
I'm looking for the title.
You see, I became interested in Dungeons and Dragons awhile ago. I talked about it to some friends, and now they're interested. But we haven't done much playing yet. We want to start.
We're all equally inexperienced. I'm the only one who has any interest in DMing.
I think it would be easiest for me to begin with a published adventure, rather than creating one of my own. I think I want to use the Forgotten Realms setting. It will be a 3.0/3.5 hybrid. Our core books are 3.0, but I houserule things towards 3.5 (You're playing a bard? Give yourself six skill points per level instead of four. Sure, your sorcerer can have Bluff as a class skill).
Books I have available to me:
The three core books
Forgotten Realms campaign setting
The Psionics Handbook
Complete Arcane
Complete Adventurer
The Book of Exalted Deeds
The Bpok of Vile Darkness
Savage Species
If any suggestions require me to get a book or books that I can get for a total of less than about $30, that is fine.
About the players:
First of all, we're just starting to learn about optimization. "I'm going to give my fighter Endurance." "I think Weapon Focus would be a more powerful choice, but it's your character."
There are two players. Since there's only two, I'm thinking about letting them each play two characters.
They're more interested in combat than roleplaying, but they do want to roleplay as well.
One of them if fascinated by magic. He'll probably play a sorcerer, and maybe a paladin or a warmage. I'm pretty sure that both of his characters will be Chaotic, unless he plays a paladin.
The other one finds magic a bit too complicated. He does like bards, though. He'll probably play one. His other character will likely be a rogue, fighter, or barbarian.
So, thoughts? Questions?
You see, I became interested in Dungeons and Dragons awhile ago. I talked about it to some friends, and now they're interested. But we haven't done much playing yet. We want to start.
We're all equally inexperienced. I'm the only one who has any interest in DMing.
I think it would be easiest for me to begin with a published adventure, rather than creating one of my own. I think I want to use the Forgotten Realms setting. It will be a 3.0/3.5 hybrid. Our core books are 3.0, but I houserule things towards 3.5 (You're playing a bard? Give yourself six skill points per level instead of four. Sure, your sorcerer can have Bluff as a class skill).
Books I have available to me:
The three core books
Forgotten Realms campaign setting
The Psionics Handbook
Complete Arcane
Complete Adventurer
The Book of Exalted Deeds
The Bpok of Vile Darkness
Savage Species
If any suggestions require me to get a book or books that I can get for a total of less than about $30, that is fine.
About the players:
First of all, we're just starting to learn about optimization. "I'm going to give my fighter Endurance." "I think Weapon Focus would be a more powerful choice, but it's your character."
There are two players. Since there's only two, I'm thinking about letting them each play two characters.
They're more interested in combat than roleplaying, but they do want to roleplay as well.
One of them if fascinated by magic. He'll probably play a sorcerer, and maybe a paladin or a warmage. I'm pretty sure that both of his characters will be Chaotic, unless he plays a paladin.
The other one finds magic a bit too complicated. He does like bards, though. He'll probably play one. His other character will likely be a rogue, fighter, or barbarian.
So, thoughts? Questions?