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What's your favorite way to kick off a campaign, and why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Zonetrooper@lemmy.world to c/dnd@lemmy.world

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The good ol' fashioned "You all meet in a tavern, answering a poster offering gold for help..."? The action-scene, "You're all engaged in mutual mundane task, when suddenly a band of thugs/goblins/whatever bust in looking for the plot coupon and chaos breaks out"? The "Elder Scrolls classic" - all being prisoners thrown in together? Tie it in to a character's backstory and let them lead the other party members in?

What have you found interesting or successful, and why?

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[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven’t done it yet, but ideas I’ve thought about are:

on a flying ship (party, traveling, etc) and it’s attacked and crashes
they are part of a town and witnessing an execution, coronation, etc, and someone attacks or stops the event scattering those watching and forcing people to fight for their lives
dead and in a hell when they are given the opportunity to return to life and avenge their deaths
plucked from their lives and brought to limbo where they are informed that their destiny must be fulfilled as they are now awakened souls who were sent to the realm to fulfill their duty as agents of good to stop a rising darkness and then they are sent back to reality with a drive to meet up at a certain place to gather their group and begin their duty

[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

All good ideas. It sounds like you're definitely a fan of the "action scene" starter.