The Hero, the Mage, and the Knight
Today was the first day of my D&D campaign and as far as I could tell everyone had a pretty good time. Only about half of my expected players actually showed up and I think I’ll lower my expectations of people moving forward but as long as we have at least 3 to play I’m a happy DM. Like I said in my introduction I’m taking my players through the Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign from the D&D 5e Starter Kit as we only really have one experienced player and I’m still new to this whole DM thing. Our characters today were Bruce AKA “The Bumblebee”: the Halfling Monk with a superhero-esque alter-ego, Harry: the Tiefling Sorcerer with wild magic and a stingy attitude, and Donaldo the Great: the Human Paladin thirsting for blood. I went with a variation on the Meet Me in Phandalin story hook that they suggest within the campaign book. Essentially, Bruce got a message from his long-time friend Gundren Rockseeker saying in fairly vague terms that he had “big business” to dis...