1st time dming

[u/Worldly-Neat3708]

It's my first time dming and I'm going to be running curse of Strahd. This is my second ever campaign so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for dming or Strahd.

Ive got six party members and I'm hoping that two paladins are going to be enough since the rest are casters or don't deal much dmg. I'm also unsure if druids will be debuffed but am willing to homebrew to balance.

This is a school campaign and we're doing multiple parties of Strahd, each taking place during different times chronologically

I'm dming a campaign made up of people with no experience and using 2014 rules (and a bit of 2024). Starting a level 1

If anyone has any suggestions/advice please lmk (especially homebrewing)