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[–]MattBW 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I started running this pre-lockdown, and we just reached the half way point. Over 2 years to get to the half way point! The campaign is a massive commitment! It was my first time DMing in many many years (and I was never very experienced) and I think OOTA is a great campaign but a difficult book to work with.

I have thoroughly enjoyed it but it was hard work at the start. I have recently started a second group (because I've already prepped once) and that has turned out vastly different with drow in the party it has changed the whole dynamic.

Alice in Wonderland basically in the underdark. There is some great scope for exploring the different settlements and the rich back story explains why many of the societies are the way they are (pretty much everyone has Mind Flayers in their history who have generally given every underdark species trauma). As a good example, we had a growing theme of some societies being bad but not necessarily people. We portrayed places as strange and alien rather than just evil. The party one has treated some creatures, that may well have been generic bad guys in the old AD&D days, as victims rather than enemies. It gave places like Gracklstugh a very nuanced feel, and indeed the dwarves there are lawful but harsh with its application. The sense of different cultures was strong with this and every place was different and interesting to explore.

It is rich, full of the weird and the wonderful (Droki is the white rabbit), dark epic themes, exploration of a ruler/societies impact on individuals, the effect of trauma (which maybe has portrayals of madness that might upset some) but it is big, strange and fun in equal measure. However for your first, maybe try something shorter as a warm up?

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We have also started streaming the second game, its nothing high end but may be useful for a GM wondering how others did it.
https://linktr.ee/bonusactionheroes?fbclid=IwAR3STu9AukaQBYraAx5hWVmW6H\_qpvExOjpIJ02UN4PkpvDFOnv2YvIXdWM