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Is possible to dual wield lances while on horseback? And if so, can you have your mount charge and hit with both lances in a single turn? I ask because a level one Samurai/Cavalier with 4d8 damage without any bonuses is pretty darn powerful. (and yes I understand that there would be fairly large penalties to this, but at level one with a +3 Str modifier, it would be +0 to hit with both..unless i'm mistaken?)

Thank you in advance!

In general advice: look at how the Paizo APs handle it. The few I've seen do it through traits. Every character chooses a campaign trait that somehow links them to this one person, and then they come together to oppose/help/mourn for the person and end up bonding.

The player guides for the APs are free, so you can download a few and come up with ideas. If you know the traits that your players are choosing already, you can "just happen" to give them campaign traits that have an identical bonus to one they were already going to pick.

Specific advice: okay, your player characters are either shady dealers, vengeance seekers, or justice seekers. So give them a mission that vengeance and justice seekers can really get behind, while being attractive enough that shady dealers would be willing to get paid for it. Create a figure that has newly arrived to town, and is instantly SO HATED that just about everyone wants him dead. People are hiring assassins. People are hiring thieves to plant false evidence for framing. People are begging the church and government for justice. People are tracking this guy down from miles away just to kill him because of whatever thing he did before he hit town. Everyone and their Brother want this guy dead.

Which is why 4 people get hired, begged, or inspired to raid this guy's house on the same night. For added fun, make it 6 to 8 and have the NPC's try to mess with the party (or help out until the party doesn't need help anymore). Of course, the guy they're all hunting is a total mastermind, so he's safely away with traps going off everywhere. The pressure is just enough to keep the party busy until a dead body is found and the cops arrive. BOOM! Is the party framed and on the run with only themselves to trust? Is the party hired as a team of investigators in a world of political intrigue? Is the party drawn into a massive underground civil war? Whatever it is, the members of the party have only themselves to trust...

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YOU, sir, ARE MY HERO! This is amazing, truly and honestly. I'm most likely going to use the situation you gave me, and you made me laugh pretty hard, too. I'm very new to the Paizo forums and it's great to know there's people like you out there!

Some background: I am a relatively new GM (though fairly experienced player) and something I'm really having trouble with is integrating the back stories of my players into a central story line without doing something cheesy like "you all meet in a bar in place X, spend the night drinking together, and become great friends". I would appreciate anything- general tactics or specific examples, whatever you can think of. Everything is appreciated!

Some information that may help (character basic summaries and basic party info):

The campaign has not yet started, and as such the party consists of 4 players, all level one with no experience.

player #1) A highly charismatic rogue, born and abandoned by his parents, he was an abused orphan. Eventually he learned to use his good looks to get most of what he wanted, and stole everything else. CN

player #2) A samurai driven purely by revenge. His wife-to-be was slain by the Red Mantis Assassins and now he seeks only to eliminate any and all Red Mantis Assassins. (He's Ronin, of course)CN

player #3) A ninja descended from a long line of fighters who shun him for choosing to follow what they view as a disgrace to their family line, sneaking around in the art of stealth and what they perceive as "evil". He wants only to prove himself worthy of his families admiration. True N

player #4) A sacred shield paladin. Very standard paladin back story, she received a vision from her god (Erastil) to go out and hunt evil wherever she might find it.

Thank you in advance for the help everyone!