Post by ggmoridin on Nov 27, 2018 11:00:15 GMT
Hi all, I'm looking at starting up a pathfinder game soonish and from the dream sequence start of campaign idea I have decided to try something similar and would like some advice.
My idea is to have the players create level 15-20 characters that will be played for the first session, they are embroiled in a large conflict with a horde of monsters fighting their way to the big bad.
As they get closer I am looking at starting to kill off their characters until they reach the big bad with only 2? Characters left alive, after rallying the last of their strength they manage to pierce they enemy's chest causing a stream of blood to pour from their mouth.
Looking at the wound and smiling before their final demise the big bad draws back their arm to deal their final and fatal blow against the PC. It's at this point where the players discover that they are in fact only listening to a travelling tinkerers story that is here for a harvest festival in their village.
I then give them new character sheets with all 10's plus their characters racial stat's and build new characters that are at the age just before their adulthood and enjoy the festival, until it is attacked and they are left orphaned and taken in by an orphanage that raises adventurers.
Now the advice I would appreciate would be what should I tell the players before the game when they create their high level characters so they don't put too much effort into the background only to die, without them getting annoyed or giving the twist away to much.
Also should I give them their first level for their new characters or is their a way to do unclassed characters without killing them during the attack before they are at the orphanage?
Any and all how would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
My idea is to have the players create level 15-20 characters that will be played for the first session, they are embroiled in a large conflict with a horde of monsters fighting their way to the big bad.
As they get closer I am looking at starting to kill off their characters until they reach the big bad with only 2? Characters left alive, after rallying the last of their strength they manage to pierce they enemy's chest causing a stream of blood to pour from their mouth.
Looking at the wound and smiling before their final demise the big bad draws back their arm to deal their final and fatal blow against the PC. It's at this point where the players discover that they are in fact only listening to a travelling tinkerers story that is here for a harvest festival in their village.
I then give them new character sheets with all 10's plus their characters racial stat's and build new characters that are at the age just before their adulthood and enjoy the festival, until it is attacked and they are left orphaned and taken in by an orphanage that raises adventurers.
Now the advice I would appreciate would be what should I tell the players before the game when they create their high level characters so they don't put too much effort into the background only to die, without them getting annoyed or giving the twist away to much.
Also should I give them their first level for their new characters or is their a way to do unclassed characters without killing them during the attack before they are at the orphanage?
Any and all how would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
