How do you do level 1 (or power level equivalent thereof) games?

>>51155556
War is always a good start. Have them engage in a few small battles, they get noticed, promoted to specialists, voila, you now have them serving someone and can have them go from there.

>>51155599
War, huh?

Yeah. ...What is it good for?

>>51155556
Desperate hobo. If you're opportunistic enough you might advance to a regular hobo, or possibly even a murder hobo.

>>51155556
This is assuming that you're talking about D&D as a whole.

1: Start them off fighting small scale combats that an ordinary peasant wouldn't necessarily be able to deal with, like a small (Party Size+3) group of goblins or kobolds.
2: focus on getting them to level 3 as soon as possible, level 3 is the point in which criticals aren't likely to OHKO party members and it's also the point where they get their class' bread and butter abilities.
3: Realize that GM's only roll dice to hear them roll around, don't be afraid to use a screen and fudge where appropriate to prevent first session deaths from enemies getting stray crits, just be sure that you're subtle and use is sparingly once they reach level 3.
4: The aim of combat is to maim, not to kill. A good round of combat is one where at least one player is in the dying state yet everyone survives due to smart play.
5: Death should only come though direct player involvement, not because of dumb luck.

Hope this helps.

>>51155616
Freeing slaves? Fighting off a totalitarian regime?