Advice for newbie DM

A 2 person party needs to be a sandbox game. Don't try to throw them into the middle of a battle of the gods, or have there be a great evil that only they can save the world from. Instead throw them in the middle of a giant, dangerous, complex world that frankly couldn't give two shits about them. Have it be so the story is of how these two friends survive this dangerous world by doing whatever hijinks they can think to get into.

  • They want to run around a city stealing from the rich and giving to themselves? Let them.

  • They want to go adventuring around near local caves looking for long lost loot? Let them.

  • They want to try to own a business and compete in the free market city where corruption and mob bosses rule? Let them.

  • A 2 party group is too small to be a real threat to anything that would be an actual threat to the world.

  • Having them do the things that a normal 4-5 person party would do, only with the 2 of them being a higher level so it "balances out" will be very difficult to pull off without either being a push over or far too hard.

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