Good campaign / adventure for a group of beginners


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A few friends and I were going to start playing pathfinder, we're really new to this whole thing, I'm the only on with any experience and that's pretty limited. I'm looking for a good beginner campaign that would help get everyone interested and we could have a good amount of fun with. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


I would go for Rise of the Runelords. Starts off at low level which would be good for a new group. There may be others better out there, but it is the first campaign my friends and I are doing right now and we love it!

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Hollows hope is free and not a bad place to get your feet wet. I recommend starting slow and working into an AP. Maybe run hollows and follow that up with Masters of the fallen fortress. PFS scenarios are real cheap and many of them make excellent one shots. After you got the game down and more experience GM-ing then it might be time to roll into an AP.


I believe any of the Adventure Paths will start off at level 1 and take you through to the level 14-18 range. I've found Council of Thieves to be a good campaign to take new players through because

CoT:
The whole adventure path takes place in and around the city of Westcrown. There's not a lot of adjudicating distances and travel time and you don't have to worry about your players wanting to wander into areas that you aren't prepared for. The murder-play in the early part of book 2 was especially well-received by my players.

That said, I'm in a Reign of Winter game and absolutely loving it. Since I'm not the DM in that one I can't really comment on its noob-friendliness though.

If you are going to use an adventure path, pick either the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords or any of the ones released after Legacy of Fire if you don't want to convert 3rd edition material.


I can second Hollow's Last Hope. It's an engaging storyline that's not too complex, and contains many of the elements that make Pathfinder stand out. Falcon's Hollow is also a good campaign town, as it's centrally located and yet small enough to be intriguing. Watch out for werewolves...and harpies...and undead dwarves...and ghostly armor...


I haven't ran it but as a regular DM I read through and was impressed with the Dragon's Demand as a good starting adventure.

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