Oh wow so 7 players total, that's quite a bit, especially for a first-time DM, I usually don't recommend more than 5. I pick 5 because if one player bails then you have 4 which to me is the perfect number! Having a ton of players can really draw out fights and for social encounters can leave people out of the limelight.
DMing can certainly be a lot of work but it's real rewarding and hey guess what If your players love it you can always use any of these resources for future sessions!
100% agree that balancing encounters can be difficult! One tip is that you can take a look at other One-Shots/Adventures that are already balanced and around the level you're looking for and use those!
My Intent is to get as many new DMs as possible and make things a whole lot scary for them when they start!
There definitely are other systems, but this is a dnd community and Baldurs Gate 3 is based off of D&D as well, so most people would be looking for something similar!
Granted I do agree that there are a ton of awesome other systems out there, but I find D&D to be the gateway drug that leads to many other places!
There are different people in each community, wouldn't I want to reach the largest audience possible? I may be confused, but isn't this similar to Reddit in the sense that each of them are subreddits and different from each other?
I just finished prepping a One-Shot based on Kiki's delivery service that's meant for a DM and 1 Player! I'll be testing it out in a week or two, just thought I'd let you know!!! Even if you've never seen the movie it's pretty fun!
Haha ya i get it, sometimes you've just gotta let your players know. You worked on prepping a session and it's fine if they want to do crazy things, but they need to give you a heads up and not go straight murderhobo all the time! 🤣
100% agree, I've run this at least 3 times and it's always so exciting to see what the players come up with!
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