Howdy! 👋 I’ve been DMing for about a year after running a Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign for a group of friends. My book will be here Wednesday to begin prep. But before it shows up I was curious what level the campaign starts at and if it’s level 1 how breaking would it be to start at level 3?
Since you mentioned Lost Mines of Phandelver, I thought I’d point to a notable rework of the campaign which incorporates LMoP.
A fellow from the ToD subreddit did a rework of Tyranny of Dragons, with Lost Mines of Phandelver as an introductory scenario leading into starting ToD from level 5. He released 2 DMs Guild products for a Hoard of the Dragon Queen rework and a Rise of Tiamat rework. They may be worth checking out if you don’t mind spending another $10