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Dreamstryder wrote:

Clerics who fight with frying pans

I have seen people fight with frying pans. It was an improvised thrown weapon though. You reach into a saddlebag, you might not get a weapon. Although a tent spike probably would have worked better. The frying pan worked, and was kept for a while.

Holy_Beholder wrote:

As a teenager, I can tell you that you might have some trouble with attendance. See, while I am more than willing to play D&D, there is the matter of reputation, and the whole nerd stigma, and how a lot of teenagers seem intent on making other people's lives hell. Plus I hate playing when onlookers are around.

Also lose the 4-6 hour session. Its ridiculous. I usually GM for 1.5-2.5 hours, so 2 hours. Do keep the pizza, it will give the teens an excuse to play, as well as giving them the ability to say that they were only doing it for the pizza. Also less stupid dungeons. There are places that aren't corridors. Like outside, where you could still have rooms and such, because of trees being thick in some places. A little more creativity for adventure hooks is also a good idea. Power tends to be a good motivator, as does cash. Then there is just necessity(ie, lets get out of here now), which is a good place to start. Once you do that, you can develop NPCs, which serve as plot hooks later.

1 city sort of works, just have a patch of overgrown farmland or whatever. Also read Things Fall Apart and use it for house models and stuff, because its pretty interesting. It also has some culture. Lots of research, and subcultures are always nice to have.

I have an alloted time of two hours per session. This doesn't mean that we can't go over. I don't think I've ever gamed less than three hours before. We have a private room for the game, so it won't be out in the open, where anybody not playing can see.

Some great ideas Beholder, thanks.

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LostDM wrote:

You can split the differance with charater creation.

If I were you, I'd make a card for each race describing the racial powers. Print up two sets of thouse.

Then make up cards that contain a class, abilitiy scores (based on arrays), powers, skills, and a feat. I'd do three for each role. You can give them names like Fire Wizard, Enchanter, Theif, Ninja-rogue, ect. Print exactly one set of these.

So on the first session each kid can pick one of the twelve race cards, and one of the twelve class+ cards. If they don't have much experiance with RPGs that will seem like a lot of choice.

If any of them come back enough to go through a couple levels they will be able to make it almost completly custom.

Awesome ideas. I have three days between release and the first day of the program. I'm going to be busy. Thanks

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Dreamstryder wrote:

D&D is what they do every so often in my library too! From what my younger brothers tell me, be prepared for some comic relief from the players (regardless of the module). Clerics who fight with frying pans, characters trying to eat the dark mantles, and spiked armor as an excuse to hug your enemies, that sort of thing. Of course it would depend on the group. Humor may be the easiest coming when playing a game of make-believe and one quick road to a fun game, just expect the unexpected and be able to accommodate both serious and silly players in the same story.

I have several jokers in my home game, they make the game very interesting. I will have a second DM running also. He is one of the jokers from my home game. I plan on putting the jokers with him and running the more serious game myself.

Thanks,
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