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[WARNING: Potential spoilers for the heroic-tier section of the Scales of War adventure path below.]

As mentioned previously on this blog, we brought all three groups playing in my current D&D campaign together recently for one massive session. Each of the previous sessions ended with the group stepping through a portal to the Elemental Chaos, where they stood before a great obsidian tower floating on a sea of fire.

Due to some illnesses & other conflicts, we ended up with 12 players (plus 2 Dungeon Masters) for most of the game, with one player leaving before the final battle.

We began with an hour of pure role-playing, as the 14 characters (Greg & I each play in each other's games) got to know each other. I've been comparing this to "Avengers meet X-Men meet Fantastic Four" but it's

We're now only four days away from the 15-player, 2-DM crossover session bringing together the players of three different groups for one massive game.

Greg--the other DM--and I have been talking about various methods of organizing and managing the session. Here are some of the ideas we plan to implement on Saturday:

Split the Party: I know that we've been telling folks all year to "Never Split the Party," but it's OK--in the words of the Mythbusters, "We're what you call experts."

After an initial "get to know the other teams" segment, the group splits into two separate teams, each with its own objective(s) for the next 3-4 hours. Rather than impose a specific division, we've built objectives that will inform the players' decision on how they divvy up the teams. Greg and I have some inkling