SmallSimpleModpack

You start off at a semi-vanila world and as you progress through the game you unlock new mods, for the start you will mainly have access to magic and resource mods like ars nouveau, blood magic and Ex Nihilio- sequentia, when you have enough diamonds you will get storage mods like refined storage, once you reach the end you will have acces to mekanism and automation of Ex Nihilio- sequentia.

This modpack is a small (and simple) modpack easy to run if you want to play modded minecraft with a few friends and fits any playstyle (except for lunatics), It has a quest system explaining main mods in detail, so it should be extremely friendly to beginners.

expansive quests that walk you through from the very basics 

to the very complex

in every major mod.