Runara, the peaceful yet mysterious leader of the Dragon’s Rest cloister will introduce you to the Isle and its many problems. This starter set is designed for the new players, which means it's rather obvious that not everyone at the table will have their own dices. It contains everything you need for a starting adventure, including five premade characters and a rulebook for your players, a set of dice, and an adventure book for you.

It has an excellent starting adventure, and experienced adventurers find it to be a wonderful experience. With the help of human spellcasters, the Forge of Spells was created, and its prodigious magical presence began attracting many power-hungry individuals. The Feywild is a fantastical otherworld that largely draws on classic fairy tale tropes that most DMs already know, and therefore isn't as intimidating as it first appears. What the rulebook suggests when you play with more than 5 players, is that 2 of the players can share the same character but they should have different behaviour.A trio of dwarven brothers have uncovered the whereabouts of Wave Echo Cave and have commissioned your party’s help to investigate – unaware of the dangers, enemies and mysterious, villainous schemes that lie ahead. The lack of what’s here does impact the game you can play with this set, and the games you will play in the future, for which it provides no foundation to build on. Essentials like stats, combat, equipment, spells, and interacting with the world are all explained in clear terms.

She also regularly reviews TV and movies, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, superheroes, and generally all things nerdy. Read the adventure book carefully, so you know how the chapters play out, can plan for encounters and have the ability to guide the story forward. In general, the Starter Set is a boxed set that includes a set of instructions for basic play, a low level adventure module, pre-generated characters, and other tools to help new players get started. Nathan has been writing as a hobbyist for about a decade now, and while he has no degrees to speak of, he does have thousands of hours of gaming experience, a wrist that always cracks when he twists it, and a dream.Fifth Edition, the most recent version of the game, has been widely recognized as the most accessible and beginner-friendly edition yet. He tends to rant about the lack of quality programming in his life, but the amount of content he consumes would make even Galactus gassy. One key thing to remember as a Dungeon Master is that even though you’re controlling all the enemies the players face, your goal isn’t really to defeat them.