drewdp
2014-03-14, 01:26 AM
So I haven't played d&d for about 9 years. I wanted to get into a rpg but couldn't find a group with openings and finally decided to run my own campaign with friends who have little/no experience in rpgs. Well, while assembling the group I got people saying no, so i asked more people. Then the first people came back saying yes, while the others I asked said yes, and here's my friend who's gonna play with us. Now I have a group of 7 people wanting to play in the same game.
A, any suggestions for or against running a group this big?
B, I'm trying to plan out a decent initial adventure for them so they can get the hang of the mechanics. I've been playing around with this (http://creaturecatalog.enworld.org/fiend_factory/elc/encounter_calculator.htm) encounter calculator, but was just wondering if anyone had a suggestion on what monsters to use?
My plan is this: They all meet up in a small village a mile or so from a main trade highway. The rumors they will hear are that a child has gone missing, a woodcutter saw a group of [insert enemy] near the caves in the foothills, and that a dragon was seen flying in the mountains.
The plan is that the group of kobold or w/e abducted the child and are keeping it in the caves, and the party must go and rescue it. I'm just wondering what would constitute a good enemy for them to fight? The plan was 3 encounters with the enemy, as well as a 4th encounter down a side passage with some type of animal, perhaps a (large) monstrous spider.
So should I be using kobold, goblins, w/e. The Ideal would be for each encounter to have 4-5 enemies. But if i have more than 10 total that indicates a band in which case there are non-combatants as well as a "boss" leader of 4th-6th lvl, which i'm not sure how to design, or if 7 lvl 1's would be ok handling.
A, any suggestions for or against running a group this big?
B, I'm trying to plan out a decent initial adventure for them so they can get the hang of the mechanics. I've been playing around with this (http://creaturecatalog.enworld.org/fiend_factory/elc/encounter_calculator.htm) encounter calculator, but was just wondering if anyone had a suggestion on what monsters to use?
My plan is this: They all meet up in a small village a mile or so from a main trade highway. The rumors they will hear are that a child has gone missing, a woodcutter saw a group of [insert enemy] near the caves in the foothills, and that a dragon was seen flying in the mountains.
The plan is that the group of kobold or w/e abducted the child and are keeping it in the caves, and the party must go and rescue it. I'm just wondering what would constitute a good enemy for them to fight? The plan was 3 encounters with the enemy, as well as a 4th encounter down a side passage with some type of animal, perhaps a (large) monstrous spider.
So should I be using kobold, goblins, w/e. The Ideal would be for each encounter to have 4-5 enemies. But if i have more than 10 total that indicates a band in which case there are non-combatants as well as a "boss" leader of 4th-6th lvl, which i'm not sure how to design, or if 7 lvl 1's would be ok handling.