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[quinlan]

I have found people interested in role playing (PnP) and tomorrow i will start them on a generic dungeon crawl. All but one are newbies, so i thought it best to deal with the hack n' slash and other mechanisms first. Intrigue, mystery and plot deviousness will come later.

Although i have ideas of my own, i am open to suggestions. I will start them on Forgotten realms, somewhere north, probably Vaasa, because later i plan to play them an adventure that may end with them in Ravenloft. So, any thoughts about adventures worthy of notice in FR?

[TC Dale]

There's free downloadable old 2e adventures (and even some 1e adventures) which have been converted to 3.5 (if that's what you're using).

Specifically, I know that the Tomb of Horrors and Dungeonland modules have been converted. Those are level 9+, but might be fun for a one-shot.

Otherwise, no, not really You could always hit up a gaming store and buy up some old (and now cheap) 3.5 adventures.

I want to start playing again, but finding a PNP group seems almost impossible, and forum roleplaying always ends up with people dropping out. :\

[quinlan]

There's free downloadable old 2e adventures (and even some 1e adventures) which have been converted to 3.5 (if that's what you're using).

Specifically, I know that the Tomb of Horrors and Dungeonland modules have been converted. Those are level 9+, but might be fun for a one-shot.

Otherwise, no, not really You could always hit up a gaming store and buy up some old (and now cheap) 3.5 adventures.

I want to start playing again, but finding a PNP group seems almost impossible, and forum roleplaying always ends up with people dropping out. :\

Thanks for the suggestions. I know what you mean about PnP. I waited 4 years until i found (possibly, we'll see) people for such a group.

[quinlan]

I have been playing with experienced players for so long that i had forgotten how different is the game when the players are inexperienced. 3 of my 4 players are 100% ignorant. The other one has limited knowledge of game mechanics and what to do, how to behave. I had to teach them how to use skills, how to do combat, etc. Everything was unknown to them, even after i helped them create their characters. One for example wanted to use detect magic to identify an item. he also was ready to roll a 20d for just about everything, including Another had to be told where is the spot skill and what is his rank, even if it was there in front of him! Nobody has proper rations or any other food, apart from a chicken and 4 pounds of minced meat which are the whole of another character's belongings, all he thought worthy and bought upon creation. No torches or any other source of light. The list of inadequacies is never ending. We started playing 3 hours after we should have and in 2 hours of playing i had to explain/describe, ask and answer so many things that all the party managed to do is get attacked by 8 rats and opened a stone chest that was opened and nearly killed 2 characters. After suffering the damage from the dart trap, all they could do was sleep to recover hit points!

So, they entered a tomb, got run over by rats and opened a stone chest... This is all they did!

I caught my self thinking i would be better served to play BG in the computer. But i will make the attempt to teach them the basics, because i know that if they become proficient players and pick up the pace, i will enjoy my playing as a DM...

[WeeRLegion]

And you can just imagine what horrible stories of the evil DM they will cook up to cower their own ignorance with... ^^

[quinlan]

And you can just imagine what horrible stories of the evil DM they will cook up to cower their own ignorance with... ^^

[Marla Wolfblade]

I'd love to give something like that a go. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who'd be even remotely interested or how do to go about it in the first place

[quinlan]

I'd love to give something like that a go. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who'd be even remotely interested or how do to go about it in the first place

Are you interested to play as a DM? Find out if you can and then search for players. You need to find at least one at the beginning, in order to hone your skills in a couple of 1-on-1 sessions. I believe if you find one player, then the rest will follow.

[Bluenose]

I'd love to give something like that a go. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who'd be even remotely interested or how do to go about it in the first place

Damn. I wish I'd seen this before the weekend, as I was talking to someone from Wrexham at Dragonmeet. I'll see whether I can find anything on UK Role Players, but he said he couldn't find many players. The best suggestion I have is that if you can find a local shop that sells RPG material they might let you put a Looking for Group/Looking for Players notice up. Perhaps a local university, since they often have clubs which include RPG ones. Or even your local library may have something. Sorry I can't be more help, but I'm from the South Midlands and don't know much about your area - although Chester does have a club.

[SConrad]

Moved to Delusions of the Mind.

[Marla Wolfblade]

Are you interested to play as a DM? Find out if you can and then search for players. You need to find at least one at the beginning, in order to hone your skills in a couple of 1-on-1 sessions. I believe if you find one player, then the rest will follow.

Initially, I wouldn't want to play as a DM. I wouldn't want to drive potential players due to my inexperience and idiocy. I'd rather strat at the bottom and work my way up as it were.

Damn. I wish I'd seen this before the weekend, as I was talking to someone from Wrexham at Dragonmeet. I'll see whether I can find anything on UK Role Players, but he said he couldn't find many players. The best suggestion I have is that if you can find a local shop that sells RPG material they might let you put a Looking for Group/Looking for Players notice up. Perhaps a local university, since they often have clubs which include RPG ones. Or even your local library may have something. Sorry I can't be more help, but I'm from the South Midlands and don't know much about your area - although Chester does have a club.

Thanks That should give me an idea of where to start, I'll have a look around town next time I'm there.

[Sammi Somara]

I miss playing PnP games. I wish I could find players.

Have fun, Quinlan!