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Hello. I plan to run a campaign with three of my friends. I will be the DM. I have been the DM before and I have been a Player before (in DnD 5e and also other systems). For my three friends it will be the first time they play a tabletop RPG. So which of the offical campaign moduls do you think is best suited for my friends?

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[–] dumples@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would double down on the starter packs such as Lost Mines of Phandelver or Dragon's of Icespire Peak. They are pretty basic and open enough that you can change or add on things that people are interested in. That only if you want to use an official campaign.

I would really recommend making your own campaign. Its really not as daunting as it seems. All you really need to do it make a single adventure and see what people like. From there see what parts people interact with and expand on that. I explicitly ask my players what they like, what they want to interact with and expand there. You can throw a bunch of ideas that you think might be fun into an area and see what ones people like. This is what I have been doing for the last few years and its been much less work than I expect. Also the player interaction is really engaging especially for new players. They can see that unlike a video game you can interact or change the world. Best of luck!!!!

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The first time I was a DM for DnD I wrote my own campaign. Everybody had a good time. But I realised that the dungeons I design are really basic. So I thought that the offical moduls could be better in that aspect.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Go with stealing the adventures from dragons of ice spire since they are pretty open ended and easy to write stories around.

Nothing wrong with basic dungeon design either. I have a lot of go on dungeon and find things in my custom campaign. It's a fun classic design