Just Getting Started

Tomorrow night, I'm going to be running a small campaign with a few friends using the D&D 5E rules.  I've got all of my plans in order, and my hopes are that my players enjoy the adventures.  Two of my three players picked the Outlander background with a bounty hunter archetype; a rogue and a druid.  They're in it for the money, so the bounty--for this campaign--is the way to go.  My other player is a paladin of vengeance.  I don't think I'll be able to fit his background as a Soldier into the campaign, but I'm going to do my best.  Of my players, he's the most experienced player, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind the omission.

When I proposed this campaign, I mentioned that we--as players--should create our own world.  We should take turns as game masters, and fill in the world as we go.  I took the reins of the lower levels and took advantage of the tiers of play.  My hopes are that my players will be 4th-level by the time I run my five adventures.  We each agreed we'd run 3-5 adventures, and then the others would take up the mantle as the game master.

I've developed my own character and plan to introduce him to the group within the story.  He's a half-elven bard.  What I plan on doing is starting him at 1st-level with the rest of the group, and leveling him as the others level.  When the group finally reaches 4th-level, my bard will level to 4th, as well.  However, I'll keep him at 1 point above 4th-level no matter how many points the others have accumulated.  When it's time for someone else to take over as the game master, I'll have my bar ready to go.

The reason I'm doing this is to familiarize myself with the character as the others familiarize themselves with theirs, if that makes sense.  It's a way for me to grow with the others as they grow.

I'm beginning the campaign with the characters traveling to a small town called Tenby, where they will--by the end of the campaign--meet their quarry; a necromancer that has killed more than 10,000 people in a city nearby.  The bounty for his arrest is 5,000 pp, and they won't be the only bounty hunters looking for the necromancer, especially at that price.

I have high hopes for this campaign.

Tune in next week for a summary of the group's antics.