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Nov 29, 2012 -- 3:38AM, Bohrdumb wrote:

This gives me some wiggle room if my players come off the rails during an adventure.

Rails are bad. Mmmkay?

As a new DM, your players should be willing to ride the train for a few sessions while you get the hang of things, but you have to be looking and planning and working toward the day when the rails are gone. The sooner that day comes, the happier the players (particularly the old-timers) will be.

Unless you have some really oddball group that likes to ride rails... 

Nov 29, 2012 -- 7:21AM, Bohrdumb wrote:

Nov 29, 2012 -- 5:37AM, jetshield wrote:

Nov 29, 2012 -- 3:38AM, Bohrdumb wrote:

This gives me some wiggle room if my players come off the rails during an adventure.

Rails are bad. Mmmkay?

As a new DM, your players should be willing to ride the train for a few sessions while you get the hang of things, but you have to be looking and planning and working toward the day when the rails are gone. The sooner that day comes, the happier the players (particularly the old-timers) will be.

Unless you have some really oddball group that likes to ride rails... 

I absolutely agree. Which is why I develop some lightly planned encounters so when my players start wandering off, I have content ready to give them that helps progress the story.

Yeah I have some monsters that I was planning on them fighting but didn't really plan on them running off >< I'll get to writing out some baddies for them to have those random encounters.

I do know there first mini boss will be "Black pudding" The gelatinous cube lol

Iv changed up the story a little bit trying to add some supprise and off beat Adventure.


Welcome to the The Green Tankard Tavern.
Where are story begins.
For whatever reasons it may be you have all found your selfs here in loundwater.
All that you can be sure of is that you were invited rooms paid for meals serverved and gear handed to you by the hardy people of The Green Tankard Tavern.
The note that you were all givin reads "You do not know me but my dear adventure I need your help for you hold a skills that only you posses you hold knowledge that can not be matched in then events that will partake in the near future I will pay you handsomely for your time"
If you accept or even if you don't please come to loudwater I have paid for you to stay you will have a room free and free meals please come and listin to what a old man has to say It will be worth your wildist dreams.
Please make your way to Loudwater's "The Green tankard Tavern.
Now as you all sit at different tables for your morning meal one of the servents hands you a note. The note reads "Please make your way to room five" "out falls a key
"Room five"
Please please sit and let me tell you a story
A while back I had something very powerfull taken from well in fact I had three very powerfull things taken from me for when I was of this world I travled thousands of miles seen many a night and after 64 years I found what I was looking for the soul reason of my Existence.
The first Is a longsword called Durindana
The seconed is a Heavy steel shield called Quickspur's Ally
And the third is called Wargird's Armor its a breastplate.
I will reward you all very handsomely'Handsomely indead.
The first place you should look is Chavyondat a town on the far east on coast this is where you will start. Now how do I know this is where you should start "He gets up and drags out a man from the closet" This is the only one I could capture before he and his uneducated friends stole my life! The only thing I could get out of him before I severed his spine was that a man named  Zolin hired them in the city of Chavyondat.
But before you go could you go see a man named Curuvar the Brazen he will magicaly port you to Chavyondat he should be in the libary probaly down in the celler part.
"Now as you make your way to the libary you here a loud crash and screem as you all make your way inside you see that Curuvar has been vilently attacked and tied up.
"Curuvar" Curuvar immediately yells Thave taken Lady Moonfire those damn uneducated Orcs! What the hell are you staring at cut me free and chase after them you have to save her!
Spot check dc 5 you don't seem to find anything of importance to search.
Spot check dc 10 You see what appears to be a footprints leading into a book case.
Search dc 5 "Ba there just ****ing books not like anything unusual.
Dc 10 "You pull down a book and out slides a passage.
Down in the passage narrow passage you can see that its being lit with magic lights. There is a pathleading in in opposit directions from eachother.
Listen: Dc 15 You can hear the grunts of a orc from bothsides of the path.
Spot: DC 15 "Left You see what appers to be a leaver hanging on the far side of the wall.
Spot: DC 15 "right you can see a shadow of what appereas to be a larg Orc and two other smaller size shadows.
If player go's LEFT they would find that the path is blocked by a larg gate and a leaver on the wall to the left of it. "If player pulls leaver The gate brakes away from the stone wall and slams down in to the floor alerting any thing that is in its vicinity. "Encounter Orcs.
If play go's RIGHT player has a chance of Attack of Opportunity on Orc's.
After battle player walk in to a room thats about 20x30 They see a chest in the middle of the floor on a raised section.
Players approach the chest the floor collapses "Roll Reflex save Dc 10: player takes 1d6 of dmg" Roll Reflex save dc 15 player lands on there feet taking no dmg.