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For the DM: If you don't have the money or space for enemy minis for every encounter, consider getting your DM a set of Pathfinder Pawns. It's technically for another system but comes with over 300 cardstock pawns (full color, same image front and back) along with a pile of bases for a wide variety of creatures and sizes. There are several collections (I have the Bestiary Box and the NPC Codex) but you can get away with subbing in something that resembles your enemy instead of buying them all.
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Do I need to know every rule? I just found a link on Amazon to buy a starter set, but would that be enough?
https://www.amazon.de/Wizards-Coast-WTCA92160000-Dungeons-Roleplaying/dp/0786965592
Is this the right one?
You can't go wrong with the starter set. I know you want it to be free, but it's not that expensive. I believe Ecuador now uses USD anyway?
And it's a good simple adventure to get kids hooked to D&D. You can simply play the first 2-3 chapters if you want to keep things simple for now.
The box contains everything you need to start playing. The adventure book, a basic rules book, pre-generated characters, and a set of dice.
After playing Gloomhaven, I really can't go back to these types of boardgames. Looks thematically cool of course.
Edit: If anyone is interested, it's on sale at Amazon for 99.00 (29% Off).
Amazon has it on sale for $100 CAD which is even cheaper than $85 USD accounting for exchange rate.
> So me and my friends want to get into D&D but we don't really understand how/where to chose an adventure to begin with and also confused on some aspects of character creation, such as skill point allocation.
I mean the best place to start is with the D&D starter set because it comes with everything you need to start - an introductory adventure, character sheets, the basic rules, and dice. Since the Lost Mine of Phandelver is a published adventure, your DM can find a lot of YouTube videos of groups running it (I think DM'ing is one of those things that it's hard to understand from just the rules, it's really helpful to see someone do it.)
You say "skill point allocation" which makes me think you have 3rd Edition sourcebooks right now, or that you're mixing sourcebooks between 3rd and 5th edition. This doesn't work terribly well - it's better to start with only 5th edition stuff to begin with, and you can investigate earlier editions of the game later on. The D&D Starter Set is 5th edition, as is the current Player's Handbook.
Good luck, have fun!
You are mistaken if you think all those pages are rules after rules. The rules are actually quite few and simple. What takes most pages are content: spells, monsters, abilities, advice, helpful charts, and other things you don't have to learn. It's a game people play for years and in very different ways, so there has to be a lot of stuff to keep it interesting for a long time.
If you are still feeling intimidated but want to give it a shot, there is a an inexpensive Starter Set with minimal rules and a fine adventure for beginners. It's a very good first step which will help you understand how the game works. It also looks nice on the shelf. You can buy it from amazon quite cheap: https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Set-Roleplaying/dp/0786965592/
Or just find a local group and ask them if they can teach you. Most of us are happy to see new blood. Newbiews keep the hobby alive.
I got a similar looking set on Amazon (the entire thing is one product, it all comes together) When I started playing DnD a few months ago. It's surprisingly affordable! I spent about ten bucks for five sets of multicolored dice:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ABST9S4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_kLppAbC4KDKWF
Hey there, there are a couple of ways to get started. It really depends on how much money you want to spend. It can range from free, to around 20 bucks, to maybe like 100.
For the free start go to this website and it has basic rules and character sheets; http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/trpg-resources
For the around 20 bucks option buy the starter set. Here it is on Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786965592/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_xNZFAbKP3Z95A
For the more expensive option you can buy the players hand book, a pre-made quest, some dice, and some miniatures. I hope this helps. It's my favorite hobby so if you have any more questions I'll try and answer them =)
You can find the basic rules for free here.
Find a group of 3-5 friends who are also interested and get together to buy the Starter Set.
Play through that, and by the end you should
a) Know if you actually like D&D or not
b) Know enough about the rules to continue playing
let me first point out that 6 - 8 is a very large party. its not un-doable but combat at that size is going to take a long time. as far as costs/getting started goes. all of you should get a set of dice. then there is a decent starter kit published by wizards of the coast that does a pretty good job teaching DMs and players (dm should read all the materials before getting started.) Its short, but it will keep each players startup cost to like $10. I would not suggest investing deep in to handbooks and monster manuals until you are, first, comfortable DMing, and second, sure you want to keep playing.
>but also less freedom.
this is just flat wrong my friend, and I'll tell you why. your players are allowed to do anything, as long as you allow it, or give them the avenue to do it.
part of what makes DnD, and any tabletop rpg great is that as the GM, you are the arbiter of what happens.
personally I play pathfinder, however, I know from experience getting started and playing is much easier in 5E as it's quite a bit more streamlined. I'd say go with 5e and the beginner box
it's got plenty of content, and if you're buying on amazon, the books are around the same cost as pathfinder.
if you are dead set on pathfinder though, don't let me stop you, I love the system, but I just wish it had less number-crunching and interacting systems.
I am somewhat confused regarding the question only because of the $$ involved. Is your intent to have the vivid detailed maps you get from printing them out from Photoshop, or just to have a battle map with a grid?
Amazon has several normal Chessex Battle Maps that are worth less than the sum of those components and are all wet-erase. I think the most affordable would be to just get one and a set of pens, but that assumes you aren't specifically intent on colorful maps.
Battle Mat 34 x 28 $33.70
Battle Mat 26 x 23 $19.18
Your DM is making a lot of rookie mistakes typical to brand new DM's. He's also likely to run the campaign into the ground almost immediately and turn the group off from playing.
I would like to recommend that you point out that 5e is incredibly well balanced and had an extremely long playtest before it was released. Because of this, the DM should pick up a Campaign module and run that. I would like to recommend Lost Mine of Phandelver. It's a starter module that's incredibly good at covering everything for new players to D&D, and it starts with pre-generated characters so you can all learn together (or you can roll your own if you like). It comes in the D&D Starter Set, and you can get it on Amazon for dirt cheap (I'll add a link at the bottom).
Everybody will learn and have fun with it, and then from there you can start your own campaign having had an experience that is just all around fun.
Give it some serious consideration. I can't stress enough that a DM acting ham fisted and throwing rules out the window right off the bat is just going to ruin everything.
Oh, and if you do pick up a module, do NOT pick up Horde of the Dragon Queen. It's brutally hard to begin and the balancing at the start is way off. You are almost guaranteed to lose half your party if not more. That is NOT a well balanced module at all.
Pandemic is $16 on Amazon right now:
Pandemic Board Game (Base Game) | Family Board Game | Board Game for Adults and Family | Cooperative Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2 to 4 players | Average Playtime 45 minutes | Made by Z-Man Games https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A2HD40E/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_E4AYM0VEHX0ZA9HYGCYX
There is a 5th edition Starter Set available on Amazon.
The story is great, and very easy to run. Even as a first time DM myself I have had zero issues running a group through it, and they're also all new to D&D. It comes with five pre-generated characters to make things easy, but your players can make their own characters if so desired. It comes with a single set of dice, so I recommend picking up a few more cheap sets.
This set here is what I bought myself, and I think the dice are great.
I think we can math that out. Chessex themelves say you get 80-100 dice, so that averages out to 90 dice per pound. You can buy the Chessex pound'o'dice on amazon for $25. That comes out to ~27 cents per die. Less if you buy the 2-pack. So, that still sounds like a lot.
It looks like to me he's using the pathfinder pawns, which happen to work very well for dnd and it's very cost effective compared to regular minis. There are three boxes of them that I'm aware of but here's a link to the Bestiary Box on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Paizo-Publishng-Inc-Pathfinder-Pawns/dp/1601255616/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477756090&sr=8-1&keywords=pathfinder+pawns
https://www.amazon.com/Smartdealspro-Colors-Dungeons-Dragons-Pouches/dp/B01ABST9S4/ref=zg_bs_1265808011_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=D1Y99S8YTAQSHR3Y5XWC Here's 5 sets of dice for $10.
Alternatively, there are a ton of free apps - though I do find apps to not be as satisfying and very easy for people to cheat with, especially with younger players.
2 sided Chessex erasable battlemat is a no-brainer for upgrading their current playmat. Buy this with a pack of Expo dry erase markers.
You can order it on Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Wizards-Team/dp/0786965592
Alternatively search for "The Delian Tomb", it's an easy oneshot/intro that Matt Colville wrote up.
Edit: Delian Tomb link - https://youtu.be/zTD2RZz6mlo
I think it's this Chessex map, but there different types, prices and sizes, this one is like a tablecloth. Note you cannot use regular whiteboard eraser on it, you need "dry erasers", and then just a damp rag or something to wipe it off at the end of the session (it it's there for longer the color can stick a bit).
Almost sure you are talking about 'Gloomhaven'
The Co-op PvE card game with classes
Here's the starter kit that I'm sure a lot of people used to start the game. Check that out, then if you like it look at a DMs guide, players handbook, and monster manual.
Get yourself the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set. Here it is for USD $12.95 on Amazon. If you end up buying it at a gaming store (I have also seen it at Wal-Mart) you can expect to pay about $20.
It comes with a set of dice, five pre-generated characters and a fun little adventure called The Lost Mine of Phandelver. This is a great way for you and a few friends to jump right in and start playing.
You only need one Starter Set per group, but each player should invest in his/her own set of dice. You'll soon learn that it helps to have multiple sets of dice, but one per player is enough to get you started.
Here is the first in a four-part series showing one of the producers at Wizards of the Coast running the first section of LMoP. If you think you'll end up as the Dungeon Master, and you're getting the Starter Set, you should watch this.
EDIT THIS WAS A MTG GAME NOT PATHFINDER I GOT DISTRACTED AND KEPT SAYING PATHFINDER I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION!!
Here's the game on Amazon! I got this and the expansions. They were on sale when I did, and picked up all three for $28. The figures are plastic resin, harder than the WizKids models. The bases are a little bigger than normal, but totally usable for 1" grids. They come with cool hex-style battle mat puzzle pieces too that I'm using for my game. It's a huge bang for the buck, imo.
Similar to the MtG cutout idea, Pathfinder uses some nice looking printed stock pawns. Amazon link for example
Amazon has it for $95. A tad more expensive but worth to mention in case Amazon works better for someone.
You're a little late to this party.
Cheap dice, have the group split the cost of one or two of these.
For minis, I would recommend looking up some free paper minis and getting them printed out on cardstock.