I've never actually played through Rise of the Runelords....

[master_marshmallow]

I was part of a game once that I joined part of the way through, and the DM threw out the campaign because the other PCs turned evil. Start to finish I have never actually gotten to experience it, and I doubt any of the groups I play with will want to, most of them prefer to run homebrew campaigns.

So my question is this, am I better off experiencing it as a DM and having one of my groups play through it, or should I try and find a game online to play it?

Also, I have been fiddling with online clients to test out and I have yet to find any I really like, is it worth even trying at this point?

[Sean O'Brien 794]

Playing it as part of a party right now. It's ungodly levels of fun. There's a lot a variety in the storyline, like a murder mystery, a haunted house, and leading an assault on a captured fort, all within the first three books. It's worth playing through first before DMing it.

[Azixirad]

Going though it now,Like tony the tiger says It's Grrrreeeeaaattt! especially if you like taking pain. My barbarian took 837 pts in a 12 hour session.

Definitely worth it to experience as a player

[Bobo Rolliolis]

I'm playing through now, we've been on it about a year by this point. It's varied in story and play style. There's more than just killing the bad guy on moving on, and we've had a few surprises. I think for that reason, playing through first could be good so you'd be familliar with where things go and how a party may sidetrack it. If you don't play through before DMing, you'll need to spend more time and effort familiarizing yourself with things.

[TriOmegaZero]

master_marshmallow wrote:

Also, I have been fiddling with online clients to test out and I have yet to find any I really like, is it worth even trying at this point?

Have you checked Roll20? I've found it excellent for my purposes.

[leo1925]

I GMed it, and finished it, some time ago (6 something months). It was a very good experience for me and had quite a lot of fun.
roll20.net is a very good tool.

[Calybos1]

Our group got started on RotRL a few months ago as a face-to-face game. When that fell apart, we decided to restart in online form. I've had a lot of fun with it so far, but we're still in Chapter 1.