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jojomott
March 25th, 2020, 02:28
My name is Jeff and I would like to be your Game Master, Every Other Saturdays, 10-2pm PST. 4-6 players.

I am interested in building a mixed group I believe a mixed gender group is mire interesting. I have 3 people interested currently. I am looking for a couple of women to join as well. If you are interested please read on.

Looking for a group of like minded compatible players. I run a balanced game (RP, Combat, Exploration) that can range from politics to mystery to adventure driven by the players in a living world (you will encounter things you should not tangle with and mysteries you should not unravel. You will know when this is the case and you will decide how to proceed. I will not drop you in the ****. But you will choose to jump into the **** of your own accord. You are heroes after all. And that's what heroes do)

We will start in Saltmarsh. But you will be free to wonder wherever you please. All of the modules and more will be available to explore if you choose. If you know where something is located and you decide to go looking for it, so be it.

We will start at 3rd level. No multi class.
We will play Rules as Written with variant rules discussed in a session zero.
We will have a Session zero to create charters, talk about what we want to do as a group.
At session Zero a key will be to establish the relationships with each other. You will be a group of people that already know each other and are together for some reason. Bring ideas to the table for this session. What interests you? See below

Your characters can be any class or any race from the published WoTC material.
You should be interested in working as a group of characters towards a common goal.
You should be respectful of the other players and the game. No unwanted PvP.
You should want to help each other succeed more then you want you own character to succeed.
No graphic sexual content (we will all be adults. But any actual sexual encounters will happen off screen and will not be described except in vague terms)
There will be violent descriptions and horror elements, and death. But not glorified. nd no overt sexual violence (the occasional towns maiden captured by flesh eating goblins, can you rescue her? Can you save her from the summoned creature come to do unspeakable things. The ritual has begun. You can hear the drums. Your time is limited. What do you do?) Always in context. The world is terrifying and dangerous. It needs heroes to make it bearable.

The game would be in Faerune, and whatever knowledge you want to bring to the table about that world I would assume it was information your character knew. It doesn't mean it true, only that you know it (It'll be set in Faerune, but I'll add and subtract for flavor).

I played 1 ed in the early 80's. I DMed a campaign in 2e about five years ago. And I've run a couple of three campaigns in 5e since then. Hoard of the dragon for a while. And two homebrew campaigns in a homebrew setting.
I am not the greatest Role Player and over the internet I find it sometimes difficult. But I try. I would hope you do too. You don't have to put on a silly voice, you can speak in your own voice. But you should try to think and speak what what your character would. As I try to think like the NPCs. We should forgive each other our shortcomings when it comes to improvisational acting and know that as we grow as a table we will become more comfortable with each other.

I would run the game in Fantasy grounds and over discord. Voice only. Maybe video in the future.

If interested, send me a message answering the following questions:

How long have you been playing DnD and what editions have you played?
What are you most interested in (RP, Combat, exploration, politics)?
Have you played in Faerūn before? Have you played other published adventures before?
Are you interested in exploring older modules from older editions?
Are you available consistently every other Saturday?
Do you create any type of art? (I paint water colors, write poetry and prose (not well) and sketch)ask me for my instagram handle if you are interested)

About the game
What are a couple of reason that you think the group would be together? (i.e. you belong to a pirate crew, you are each members of a geographical society, you were all once in an army squad back in the civil war. Your side lost. Now you've taken up adventuring, but your all waiting for the call of your comrades, the banners will rise again!"
What characters types do you like to play? Are you willing to play something else?
What is your fondest memory form playing?

shezingzh
March 25th, 2020, 02:53
Nice, I began playing chainmail when it was just a boxed set then moved into D&D then AD&D first book came out around 1974 got most of the first editions. Played every version until Forgotten Realms came out. Played most of the PC games as well including D&D online which now sux. Also played Traveller, Gamma World, Cyberpunk, Star Frontiers, and many many more. Not an artist. RP, combat, exploration, politics all go hand in hand, its up to the DM to set the stage. Availability not a problem due to COVID19 in effect.

The group could have came together after the Orc Wars or The Elven wars or simply came together as guards on a trade caravan. I have played some of the craziest character classes white dwarf put out a Demon Hunter, D&D Magazine created the jester never put a gnome a tinkerer (explosive specialist) as a jester who in turn is also an Illusionist. Played a quickling who was struck by the Spellplague which changed his alignment and slowed his aging process. I always liked the cleric class mainly character support. Mostly my preference has always been to play an underdog.

Rogich
March 27th, 2020, 01:17
I sent you a few private messages and haven't heard back from you. I'm not sure if you're just not interested in considering me as a player for some reason or if this game isn't getting off the ground but I'm giving it one more go and messaging here. I'd love to be considered for your campaign and would refer you to my first private message to you for answers to the various questions you posed. You can feel free to message me here or on Discord at Rogich#4211 to discuss at more depth. Thanks.

shezingzh
March 28th, 2020, 17:40
Hey Rogich, I did not get a response either. I assumed he would either have sent a private message or responded to us here as you can see my post above. I wrote this off as a loss.