Hello. I'm a new dm about to host my first ever session on Sunday for 2 people/ possibly 3. 1 of those friends is completely new like me and is leaving town to live in NY. We always wanted to try dnd so I read a buncha dnd carp and here we are. This must be a 1 shot and basically I'm seeing if any have advice or what not.
I was gonna do lost mine of phandelver but that was long as f. So I'm creating my own but I liked starting in Neverwinter. I decided to go with portal opening up to hell oblivion style, mainly cause my friend wants to be a friar/cleric like little jon type and this is what popped in my head.
Here's what I got this far...
Campaign starts out with the pc's as children in an orphanage in Neverwinter. They are all huddled up by a fire listening to their care taker narrate an ancient story of how many believe life was created. Basically the bible, long story short the devil is sent to hell but it's believed that he left behind things that may one day set him free again. The significant other tells narrator to stop scaring the kids, even tho they love it.
1 kid in particular loves it so much he devotes his life to it. We'll call him kidA. Fast forward to now....kidA is dead and having a funeral, which brings the pc's together. KidA was murdered but killer was not found. So pc's hopefully investigate kidAs home/work etc... Find out about this mythic dawn type cult trying to open a portal to hell. KidA was trying to stop them and got the axe.
Then I suppose the pc's either stop the cult or not, either way ending in a good place for a 1 shot. Either save the day or witness the beginning of the end type thing.
So I'm not sure if this is enough or not for a 1 shot. Should I add more cult fights? Something else? Should I have portal open and they fight devils? If I were to open the portal I wouldn't know how to even close it. I suppose I'd go the elder scrolls route and have a tower that had to be taken out...
Hello. I'm a new dm about to host my first ever session on Sunday for 2 people/ possibly 3. 1 of those friends is completely new like me and is leaving town to live in NY. We always wanted to try dnd so I read a buncha dnd carp and here we are. This must be a 1 shot and basically I'm seeing if any have advice or what not.
I was gonna do lost mine of phandelver but that was long as f. So I'm creating my own but I liked starting in Neverwinter. I decided to go with portal opening up to hell oblivion style, mainly cause my friend wants to be a friar/cleric like little jon type and this is what popped in my head.
Here's what I got this far...
Campaign starts out with the pc's as children in an orphanage in Neverwinter. They are all huddled up by a fire listening to their care taker narrate an ancient story of how many believe life was created. Basically the bible, long story short the devil is sent to hell but it's believed that he left behind things that may one day set him free again. The significant other tells narrator to stop scaring the kids, even tho they love it.
1 kid in particular loves it so much he devotes his life to it. We'll call him kidA. Fast forward to now....kidA is dead and having a funeral, which brings the pc's together. KidA was murdered but killer was not found. So pc's hopefully investigate kidAs home/work etc... Find out about this mythic dawn type cult trying to open a portal to hell. KidA was trying to stop them and got the axe.
Then I suppose the pc's either stop the cult or not, either way ending in a good place for a 1 shot. Either save the day or witness the beginning of the end type thing.
So I'm not sure if this is enough or not for a 1 shot. Should I add more cult fights? Something else? Should I have portal open and they fight devils? If I were to open the portal I wouldn't know how to even close it. I suppose I'd go the elder scrolls route and have a tower that had to be taken out...
Ok now I'm just rambling...
Thanks! I will most definitely be using your advice!!