Thank you for the ideas!

Thanks!

I'm going to have them start directly inside the dungeon as the Morgansfort module recomends for first time players. Should I mention the traps in the intro story? Creating an NPC inside the first room of the dungeon might be a little weird for an abandoned fortress.

I'm going to start a game with my friends in the following week. I'm going to be the GM, and it's the first time I'm going to do it so I'm doing some prep. My friends will also be playing for the first time, and have not read through the rule book, expecting me as the GM to simply take them through ...

Thanks to both of you! Everything makes sense now.

Hello, I'm totally new to tabletop RPGs and have been figuiring this one out by reading the rulebook and some of the discussions on the forum. Most of my issues have been solved by doing this, but one thing that isn't completely clear to me is the following: Elves (for example) have a maximum HD of ...