Baldur's Gate: Help a First Time DM out!
Hey fellas, I'm a first time DM on a table of mostly first time player, and I'm running this campaign.
So far we had 3 sessions: the Fall of Elturel one-shot as a starting place, which then we had 2 sessions (our sessions are ~3h and very spread apart unfortunately) of the trip from Elturel to Baldur's Gate, with few events happening during that trip (the players are very ADHD).
I'm loosely following the Alexandrian Remix to help me out too, FWIW.
The players just reached Rivington as the 3rd session closed and now I'm trying to plan the whole of Baldur's Gate chapter, so Zodge at the entrance, Elfsong, etc.
However, I can't help but notice looking at the map that Rivington/Wyrm's Rock is still very far from the Lower City/Elfsong Tavern, so I was wondering how should I approach that gap. Do I timeskip as they walk through that part of the city? Do I narrate them walking down there with some detail and they can "jump off" anytime they hear something interesting? Thats assuming they decide to go to Elfsong after making the deal with Zodge, or figuring out another way to get past the gate.
My plan is to have one of the (late joining) players be the contact, Tarina (which I'm writing in their character in her place), so I'd very much like them to make their way to Elfsong as soon as possible