So I never got around to writing something ahead of time this week so this is coming out later than I wanted it to.
Last night I ran the Tomb of Horrors for our regular group, well sort of the regular group. I don't know about anyone else, but I certainly had a blast running the game. It was fun to do some classic dungeon crawling with that wonderfully sadistic module.
They were only able to get as far as the.Colorful Sphere Room and the Evil Temple in the time we had.
Some thoughts on the session itself. Lance had his girlfriend playing for the first time, which was very nice to see. It has been a long time since I've seen a complete noob at a table and there really isn't anything like that experience.
A few times my lack of practice showed itself when I screwed up a few traps and a couple descriptions. There were a few times where I had to improvise some things and I was probably more generous than I should have been, but overall I think I did okay. I've got a list of what I think I need to improve upon and I'll probably ask around a little for other people's opinions. It's been a few years since I last ran anything and I need some pointers.
Lastly, fuck that stupid complex of secret doors. That's a poorly described section that was boring for all of us. I'll have to try and figure something else out with it.
The other wonderful thing about having a noob was the fact that they had no previous experience or knew how deadly the tomb could be, which lead to some awesome moments ... and the vetran DM to kill the party.
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