need a good campaign starter

[zolniena]

im starting a new campaign with a group ive played with before, but im finding it really hard to think of a good 1st session that lets everyone get to know eachother and throw a little xp their way.
so far, all i know is i dont want the standard questions "who are u, what are ur hopes and dreams...blah blah blah." thats all been done to death.
the campaign calls for them to have met eachother, they're just not good friends or anything.

any suggestions would be extremely helpful.

[Athildur]

How about have them meet with their new sensei, and he tells them each that they can ask the others a single question which they must also answer themselves.

And then have this sensei use the questions they ask as some sort of way to judge their 'ninja-ness' and take it from there.

I don't know if this is remotely useful but there you have it .
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Oy, this is going to be troublesome *sigh*

[zolniena]

thanx, thats really helpful actually. sounds like a great idea. i'll factor this into my intro.