D&D 4E Campaign Ideas

I am going to be DMing a game for my little brothers who are 13 and 9. I need some age appropriate campaigns for them to play. We are playing 4E. Any ideas for an adventure, campaign, or encounter would be welcome. Thanks!

I'd suggest making some kind of coming of age style campaign, pitting them against mythological monsters in the dark forest. Keep descriptions of death and dismemberment to a minimum.

I agree with Johnathan. Or even, have your brother's characters home town be attacked and they need to repel the attack and track down the evil behind it, and finally banish said evil. Where they can return home and be welcomed as heroes and have a parade and happiness is restored to the land.

Hey! Those are both great ideas! I can have their home town be attacked and their coming of age task is to banish the evil forces behind the attacks on the town. Thanks for the ideas!

Just make sure all the enemies are monsters and not people.

Actually, I was thinking of making them fight drow and spiders. Do you think that would work

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A favorite campaign of another DM buddy of mine is an Arena... It's a series of fights, with bets by either the players or factions in the story, on who will be the winner. It doesn't necessarily have to be strictly gladitorial, it can be a time limit kind of thing. Or an Olympics kind of thing, but with monsters... good luck with your game!

Take look at the Practical Guide to Monsters (I'm sure there us an associated YA title to go with it).  Story of some young heroes learning the ropes

how about a trash can, 4E is bad mmkay.  p.s. don't shelter them, thats the best way to mess a kid up for life

Take a look at adventures written for the Mouse Guard RPG. It aims at a younger crowd. Find something you think is appropriate and fun, then change what needs to be changed to work in 4E. At the least, it gives you several different ideas to spin around in your own mind.

My first D&D experience was a Ravenloft campaign with no punches pulled. The idea of an "age appropriate" campaign is rather alien to me. I'd grown up with the Universal and Hammer horror flicks on video, though, so I loved the vampires and monsters. The gore might seem a little icky, but speaking for myself I used to love getting grossed out or freaked out as a kid. The 4E module Keep on the Shadowfell is available for free over at dndclassics.com. I'd recommend downloading and giving it a look. Obviously you know your brothers better than any of us do and can judge how appropriate things are- but try not to baby them too much. They'll appreciate it.