Hello, I'm Linda. I'll be running the Dungeons and Dragons game today. I run a grim, dark campaign and if you die, that's it, you don't get a new character.
I'm tough but I'm fair. I'll hold you to the rulebook and expect you to abide by them.
Tell me about your characters and then we'll decide where to start the adventure. How about an inn? Should it be in the seediest part of a city, inside a dungeon or in the depths of the forest?