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how manny people are in your adventuring party in D&D(not including DM)?

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0 (0%)
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0 (0%)
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9 (52.9%)
5-6
6 (35.3%)
7+
2 (11.8%)

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Order66

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how many people in adventuring party?
« on: February 14, 2010, 07:51:45 PM »
so how many? ::)
« Last Edit: February 16, 2010, 03:46:51 PM by Setherick »

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Re: how manny people in adventuring party?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 08:52:39 PM »
If I count correctly, the group I normally game with is 8 people, which means at any given game there will be about 5-7 in the party (i.e. not counting GM).  I am honestly surprised though how fast we have moved with a party of 5 when we focused and kept things going...

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Re: how manny people in adventuring party?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 03:39:31 PM »
I hate playing and running in games with more than 3 or 4 players. Everything just gets so bogged down.

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Re: how many people in adventuring party?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 08:35:39 PM »
In the chronicle I'm currently running, I started with four players and ended up with eight or nine. Having such a big group slows things down a bit, but we've managed to keep the story going nonetheless. I do have to agree with Kroack that it's a gigantic pain in the ass to run games for larger parties. Sometimes, I have flashbacks to my semester of student teaching, as I have to try to keep everyone constantly entertained or the group's attention starts to drift. Once this story wraps up, I think I'm going to try to run smaller games so that I can give each player a bit more face time.