You should have a free copy of Lost Mine of Phandelver simply for registering an account, if I understand the promotion properly. LMoP is one of the most highly regarded Beginner/Onboarding adventures in the history of the game, and is usually held up as the gold standard of Essential Starter D&D.
Previously, I'd have recommended getting the Essentials Kit. It gives you everything you need to play either digitally on DDB or physically for a very reasonable price. However, they've made LMoP free on here so it's hard to argue against that. It's certainly not the best adventure out there by any means, and I have a few criticisms. However, it's not and it's free. Give it a go. If you enjoy the mechanics, then you're on a winner. You may well enjoy the story, but if you don't...don't worry about it. There are better ones out there. If you don't lokenthe mechanics...then at least you haven't paid anything for it, so you haven't lost anything. If you're not sure after playing LMoP, then, depending on what you're not sure of, I'd probably recommend getting the Essentials Kit. Effectively a full on adventure (with the extra DDB freebies you get with it) for really cheap, plus the other goodies. Depends on what you're not sure of, though.
Hope you enjoy!
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Hi! I would love to play in your campaign, I just started and don't know what to do, I'm looking to learn if that's fine or just being helped throughout the game. Thank You.
If you are brand new to DnD then Lost Mines for me is the best one to start with, the adventure is fairly linear while having enough scope for the party to wander, and for you to tweak it and add things as you gain confidence. If you are playing in person I would suggest you find a physical copy of the box set, it is cheap on amazon but it is free here on DnD beyond if you want to have a read through.
Dragon of Icespire Peak is another good starter adventure set, but, it is a lot less linear and leaves a bit more for the DM to do to fill out gaps and bits of dialogue. It is also largely sandbox so can be a bit unnerving for a first time DM and party. I have run it twice with new people but found I had to do a lot more work then Lost Mines, which for me was a good thing but a first time DM might struggle with.
I would say as a new DM stay away from Out of the Abyss, it is a very very good campaign, but it opens with the DM needing to manage I think 9 fellow NPC prisoners who will be interacting with the party a lot, plus all of the prison guards etc. As an experienced DM I found it tricky to do it well enough to give the whole experiance justice the first time of running.
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You should have a free copy of Lost Mine of Phandelver simply for registering an account, if I understand the promotion properly. LMoP is one of the most highly regarded Beginner/Onboarding adventures in the history of the game, and is usually held up as the gold standard of Essential Starter D&D.
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Previously, I'd have recommended getting the Essentials Kit. It gives you everything you need to play either digitally on DDB or physically for a very reasonable price. However, they've made LMoP free on here so it's hard to argue against that. It's certainly not the best adventure out there by any means, and I have a few criticisms. However, it's not and it's free. Give it a go. If you enjoy the mechanics, then you're on a winner. You may well enjoy the story, but if you don't...don't worry about it. There are better ones out there. If you don't lokenthe mechanics...then at least you haven't paid anything for it, so you haven't lost anything. If you're not sure after playing LMoP, then, depending on what you're not sure of, I'd probably recommend getting the Essentials Kit. Effectively a full on adventure (with the extra DDB freebies you get with it) for really cheap, plus the other goodies. Depends on what you're not sure of, though.
Hope you enjoy!
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How new to D&D are you as well?
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Hi! I would love to play in your campaign, I just started and don't know what to do, I'm looking to learn if that's fine or just being helped throughout the game. Thank You.
If you are brand new to DnD then Lost Mines for me is the best one to start with, the adventure is fairly linear while having enough scope for the party to wander, and for you to tweak it and add things as you gain confidence. If you are playing in person I would suggest you find a physical copy of the box set, it is cheap on amazon but it is free here on DnD beyond if you want to have a read through.
Dragon of Icespire Peak is another good starter adventure set, but, it is a lot less linear and leaves a bit more for the DM to do to fill out gaps and bits of dialogue. It is also largely sandbox so can be a bit unnerving for a first time DM and party. I have run it twice with new people but found I had to do a lot more work then Lost Mines, which for me was a good thing but a first time DM might struggle with.
I would say as a new DM stay away from Out of the Abyss, it is a very very good campaign, but it opens with the DM needing to manage I think 9 fellow NPC prisoners who will be interacting with the party a lot, plus all of the prison guards etc. As an experienced DM I found it tricky to do it well enough to give the whole experiance justice the first time of running.