Hello, questions

I am a relatively new player, and my wife and I also took the route of coming in without NPCing first. We incorporated our lack of knowledge into our character designs, and it worked out well.

I will also pipe in on NPC vs PC first.
I NPC for my first 2 events. it gave me a quick run down on the camp and how the rules work IG. it also gave me a few extra build for my character once I did start.

the other benefits of NPC first Is it can give you insight as to how you may want to play your character. perhaps after a full weekend of being a sword swinging melee fighter you may opt to rethink that Barbarian berserker. or after playing a necromancer or dark priest opt to create a spell caster.

good luck and we look forward to seeing you whatever direction you choose

I would also like to add that when you do decide to come in as a PC and decide that that particular style character isn't for you, you do have the option of re-writing. I, along with many other people have done this, because once you do go to an event as a PC, many things are different than expected, and you might realize that you don't want to be from say, Kormyre when you you can be from Coast Haven.

One of my favorite things about KR is that you get what you put in. If you put yourself out there, and make friends, it doesn't really matter what's on your card as long as you're having fun. And if you're not having fun, more than likely people will help you.

Justin makes a very good point- PCing is very different than NPCing, at least in my experience.

Everything said above is true about NPCing. You get a feel for the layout, how combat works, and the basic mechanics of the whole thing. You never have to worry about whether or not you'll have people to interact with, there'll be plenty of it. Plus the extra build you earn never hurts .

But when I transitioned to PC it was like night and day. NPCing prepared me for the game mechanics, but not the character details. Now if you've LARPed before that's probably not a big deal, but if you never have, like me, it was a wee bit overwhelming.

That being said, as you can see from all the responses above there everyone is friendly and willing to answer any questions you may have. As always the choice is yours, but I found NPCing to be a real blast, and I learned a lot.

Hi I'm just gonna poke my head in and drop my two cents

First off my name is Matt, I'm one of the guys who run the new player mods on Saturdays

Normally I'm psyched about the idea of new players npcing and learning the system before playing, but this event is going to be a particularly good weekend to be a new p.c.

Ultimately the choice is yours, but I'm just saying (without giving too much away) I might be running non stop new player mods this weekend

That guy who just posted? He's pretty AWESOME. I highly recommend jumping in on his new player stuff.

I hope this will be 10 seasons and under new player stuff, and not 5.