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I am running a game tonight, kind of a pre-beginning to my campaign. It is all about the players before they were heroes.

This is kind of experimental but I plan to begin playing before they write up their characters. No stats, just a race, name and an idea.

The idea is that this is the time before they received training in any class and that they are basicly commoners or experts. They don't need attributes just yet so their rolls will not be modified by "adjustments" (estimating a 10 on all atts). Of course they have no feats yet and they will gain skills as they choose throughout play.

I am giving each player a free level of either Warrior, Expert or Adept after the first few games then they can choose their own class and begin from their. In the end they will come out ahead with more skill points and maybe a free feat as well.



The Low level Adventures in the Dalelands.

The mild winter has passed and preparations have begun for the spring planting which is still a few weeks away. With no money and little resources the player characters have started to look for odd jobs around the town to get them through.

Normally life would be easy this time of year but the frequency of attacks from the Cormanthor Drow and the rising population in the Beast Lands have driven most of the commoners closer to the safety of Ashbenford (In Mistledale).

Still there is work for those willing to do it. For example;

There is a chicken thief in town who has been raiding the local barns for the past few weeks. The Mistledale riders are to busy with their patrols and have no time to investigate. The Farmers have come together and are willing to pay 2 silver a night for anyone to stay up and watch out for these thieves (2 silver being pretty good for a commoner). The thieves of course turn out to be a group of Racoons led by a very intellegent possibly planetouched one. From the racoons standpoint they are leading raids into the city to get food but to the town they are just an annoyance.

This is a real low adventure but it is up to the DM to run it right. The lead racoon would make a great familiar or animal companion to a druid or wizard once it is "defeated". And this is supposed to be one of those spooky games where the pcs are always wondering what was that noise or who was that since the Riders of Mistledale will be patrolling and there is the eerie feeling that the Drow could attack at any moment, which they don't

Part two, The players are living the high life on the earnigs they have recieved (a mere 2 silver plus whatever bonus they get for actually catching the Racoon) when they hear some Whooping and Hollering from down the street. There seems to be a flying pig running down the road much to the amazment of the township. The flying pig of course is from a nearby "advanced" farming facility with links to the Harpers where they create such creatures. The pig has gotten into the foodstuffs of a nearby kitchen and is now covered with Lard. That's right! A greased semi flying pig. This is a great encounter for the PCs where they have to catch this greasy critter and return it to the Farm from which it came, about 20 miles North East. How it got here is unknown.

Part 3, Once the pig is returned they can collect their reward (perhaps some actual gold this time) and are asked to stay and work the night. Apparently the pig escaped during a night raid of Dark Clothed Ogres who were after mostly food it seems but still cause a lot of damage. Now the fence that held the sheep is destroyed and someone has to watch them while it is repaired. A little night time sheep herding is great for the PCs during which time they can happen upon the tracks of the recent Ogre attack and wonder if they will be back tonight or not and what they will do if that happens. Of course the Ogres do return but are thwarted by a local hero and one of the Riders of Mistledale. Of course the Hero lets the party loot the Ogres where they will get, yes some more coin, and maybe a few other trinkets they can sell.

Why such lowly level adventures? well, this will give me the oppurtunity to immerse the players in my game so they will now what to expect and give them a chance to see how I run things and to decide exactly who they want to play in it.

You see, they have been playing 3E with the DIABLO books and they are a bit over the top with Hack and Slash and super powered items.

Oh well, I hope these gave you some ideas for some low level adventures, If there is enough interest I can post the rest of the Pre Campaign adventures I am coming up with.