Well I Hope That Left You Satisfied

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Two nights ago I was the Dungeonatrix of my first D&D game ever.  It was incredible.  Overall, I feel it went very smoothly.  There were some small hiccups but nothing that completely stalled the flow of the game.  I had the table set and ready to go before any of my players arrived.  I even made sure they each had a complete set of dice to play with

We began with Encounter 1 which was supposed to be a skill challenge… though I chose to adapt it to being more of a traditional Role Playing information gathering session.  Two of my three players had never played an RPG.  Therefore, I didn’t feel that in addition to explaining the basic rules it would be conducive to also include a skill challenge fresh out of the gate.

 

They did well.  By Encounter 2:  Cavern Entrance, they were ready to fight.  They skillfully battled two Orc Wardens and two Cultist Eyeblades.  They even retrieved the Tongueworm and it was claimed by my husband who was playing 3 of the 5 pregenerated characters.

Encounter 3 was a bit of a lull but they were keen enough to ask questions about the Hall of Living Words and successfully uncovered its secrets.  The trap in Encounter 4 was semi-successful though it did pose a bit of a hassle.  One of the characters did turn on his group and that created some interesting effects.  Though they did disarm the glyph using a small skill challenge.

Encounter 5: The Baleful Eye was very smooth too.  My only complaint with these was the actual set-up in the module.   There are several places in this encounter and the one following that refer to “any PC who speaks Deep Speech can understand…”  yet none of the pregenerated character sheets included PCs who could.  Therefore, I just changed some things around to make it so that at least one could.  I think this encounter felt a bit epic.  As the PCs rounded the corner they came face to face with 8 Cult Fantatics, a Dolgaunt Acolyte and an Orc Warden.  Not to mention the Baleful Eye itself who they disarmed quite expertly!

We stopped once we finished Encounter 6: The Blood of Khyber.  At this point they had battled 4 Dolgrim Warriors and decided to take a rest next to the pool before carrying on.  And since we had been playing for approximately 4 hours it also seemed a good time to quit for the night.

Once I got into it the flow seemed to be there.  Besides the few times stopping to reference or explain rules it went without much of a hitch!

My husband, who has been a GM since he was 16, gave me an overall grade of B+.  To be honest I was very pleased with that.  The two new players who were with us were excited to come back and finish the last four encounters in the game.  They also said nice things about how it had gone when they were all at work the next day.  My husband sent me the following e-mail to give me some feedback:

I’ve been getting an assessment from the guys about how the game went last night. Here’s what they thought.

 

Forster liked it, but said that once he realized how the game ran, he was disappointed at how simple his character was. He wants a more complicated character to play. In the next session, I may even give him another one of the characters I was playing.  He’s very interested in playing again.

 

Croft really enjoyed it. So much so that he wants Stephanie to play. He told her “it’s pretty much like a board game”. He thinks she’d enjoy it if she gave it a try. He is also looking forward to the next game.

 

Thought you should know!

 

This makes me feel good and I am more than excited to finish our adventure this Thursday!  Yay!