Pex
2014-01-31, 04:36 PM
A gaming group I've been with for 13 years has come to an end. I'm not upset about it as I thought I would be. The group was dying the last year, and I've been playing with a new second group anyway. Still, it was by far the longest gaming group I've been in. Despite recent troubles there are lots of great moments of gaming to remember.
All is not lost as I continue on with my new group and am even having a turn as DM. We had one session already that went off to a good start. They liked how I went right into the main adventure interrupting the introductions. Another good sign is that years ago when I tried this same campaign a playing group dismissed a particular encounter as incompetence on my part and refused to play again where as this group understood what was going on and is interested in the Great Mystery the encounter introduced.
Bugbears destroyed an Elven village. The surviving Elves escaped. The party encountered and defeated a small Bugbear troop. The other group was upset they could defeat Bugbears that supposedly destroyed the Elves. This group understood immediately the Bugbears they encountered were not the whole army. They also knew and confirmed with an NPC that the Bugbears were led by someone quite powerful to account for their victory over the Elves. That's the set up for the BBEG.
All is not lost as I continue on with my new group and am even having a turn as DM. We had one session already that went off to a good start. They liked how I went right into the main adventure interrupting the introductions. Another good sign is that years ago when I tried this same campaign a playing group dismissed a particular encounter as incompetence on my part and refused to play again where as this group understood what was going on and is interested in the Great Mystery the encounter introduced.
Bugbears destroyed an Elven village. The surviving Elves escaped. The party encountered and defeated a small Bugbear troop. The other group was upset they could defeat Bugbears that supposedly destroyed the Elves. This group understood immediately the Bugbears they encountered were not the whole army. They also knew and confirmed with an NPC that the Bugbears were led by someone quite powerful to account for their victory over the Elves. That's the set up for the BBEG.