[D&D 5E] [F2P] Does the world need more GM?!?

Howdy, fellow Adventurers ;oP Over almost 2yrs trying to get in a group on Roll20, I've only had 3 really bad and toxic experiences... Is Roll20 lacking GM's? If I was to buy a module, don my GM hat again after 12+ years of "retirement", would there be players interested in joining? Or do I just smell bad?!? o.O In all seriousness, before I shell out 40$CAD on a module, I'd rather know if there is an interest. The only thing I hate more than wasting my time is wasting my money. I'll list some of what I have in mind, and you guys could let me know what you think: I haven't GM'ed in over 12yrs. Would be my first time GM'ing on Roll20. Would be my first time GM'e in the Forgotten Realms. The campaign would start in Faerun, on the Sword Coast, near Waterdeep. Games would be Free. Scheduled on Saturdays between 12:00 and 21:00 EST, for 3 to 6hrs weekly. First session would happen sometime between late March and mid April. I'd rather have players of at least 18yrs of age (coarse language and gore). I'd prefer my player to have a basic knowledge of 5E and Roll20. My GM'ing style is roughly 20/30/50 (Roleplay/Storytelling/Strategy). My first campaign would be from lvl 1 thru lvl 15+. Characters within the setting's "normalcy"; 30pts point buy, lvl 2, 0 XP, bonus gear/gold. Leveling would be handled with a mix of XP and Milestones, with Achievments. The game would happen on Roll20, with voice support thru Discord. I have a couple house-rules already, I believe they would add to my campaign. I welcome the feedback/opinion/critic of everyone, interested or not. I also hope my post is ok in the LFG section. Thanks for your time! ^.^

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I would like to thank everyone who DMed me with feedbacks and stuff, you know who you are ;oP I ended up buying a pre-made module a few days ago, and I've been working really hard to add a few NPC's, handouts and tokens to make it more fun. I've also been prepping my LFP thread, GM cheat sheet and house rules doc. It's been keeping me busy ^.^ I've decided to postpone posting my LFP to the end of March, because I've joined two games which first session are scheduled around the 15th. I'd rather focus on starting those two games properly before launching my own. Should make for a whole lot ore fun for everyone. I'll post the URL to my LFP on Roll20 when it goes Live. See y'all in a few weeks!

R20 needs a lot more DM, especially free DMs who can teach new players. I used to run a noob game on Tuesdays nights for that purpose but it eventually got replaced with a regular Tuesday game. Good luck with your first module back as a DM.

It seems that there are many many more players than DM that is for sure. 

Thanks guys! Appreciate the feedback, as always ;oP By the way, I just completed my "GM Cheat Sheet" this morning, so feel free to DM me if you want the URL to it. I could use some feedback on it before I start to recruit players for my table in two weeks or so. Alright, y'all have fun with EDT ^.^ Roll20's ToS does NOT allow to post URL to google DOC's on their forum :(

True, Neo. Roll20 needs more DM/GM's, especially free ones. So many paid dm's spam posts constantly and force out good games needing more players or newer games.

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Yes the world does need more GMs. It's hard to come by but it looks like you got some interest. Good luck

Thanks for the feedbacks and the good wishes everyone, means alot to me ^.^ After a few days spent focusing on those two game I've joined, I'm back at prepping my table. Another 10 day or so and I should be able to put my LFM up. I'm a tad nervous about getting back into GMing after sooo long... But I can't wait to see how it goes :) P.S.: Had to buy a new mouse for my laptop, my crappy Razer finally gave up on me. Received it this afternoon, me happy.

Nah, you should not be nervous, going into combat is riddled with anxiety and nervousness, anything else in life is a cake walk. Neo said: Thanks for the feedbacks and the good wishes everyone, means alot to me ^.^ After a few days spent focusing on those two game I've joined, I'm back at prepping my table. Another 10 day or so and I should be able to put my LFM up. I'm a tad nervous about getting back into GMing after sooo long... But I can't wait to see how it goes :) P.S.: Had to buy a new mouse for my laptop, my crappy Razer finally gave up on me. Received it this afternoon, me happy.

Not to be a pooper... Roll20 does not need more GMs in general.  They need more D&D 5e GMs.   Despite appearances in the forums, D&D 5e requests for players gets TONS of responses BUT other edition D&Ds or something not D&D get...luckluster responses usually.  You can even see this in the replies and views for 5e games vs others.  Despite it looking like Roll20 is a vibrant community for non D&D 5e...that is usually not true.   I am not blaming Roll20 for this as this is probably just a reflection of the world.  If you want to try GM  non D&D 5e you usually need to seek out more specialty sites/Discord groups.

T S. said: Not to be a pooper... Roll20 does not need more GMs in general.  They need more D&D 5e GMs.   Despite appearances in the forums, D&D 5e requests for players gets TONS of responses BUT other edition D&Ds or something not D&D get...luckluster responses usually.  You can even see this in the replies and views for 5e games vs others.  Despite it looking like Roll20 is a vibrant community for non D&D 5e...that is usually not true.   I am not blaming Roll20 for this as this is probably just a reflection of the world.  If you want to try GM  non D&D 5e you usually need to seek out more specialty sites/Discord groups. That's still more GMs and I think it was directed at 5e since that's what he's running. You only need one GM for every 4-6 players... The real problem is those players never want to do it, so it falls on a small group of full-time GMs. Once GMs get burnt out, they quit and become players.

taibhsear said: That's still more GMs and I think it was directed at 5e since that's what he's running. You only need one GM for every 4-6 players... The real problem is those players never want to do it, so it falls on a small group of full-time GMs. Once GMs get burnt out, they quit and become players. I hear you.  I have DM'd quite a few D&D 5e over the past couple of years and, don't get me wrong, D&D 5e is great for what it does...which is high player-powered heroic fantasy.  However, it does burn me out faster than other systems.   Dealing with the high-powered players is something I can do but it does get old after a bit.   In addition, D&D 5e players can be pretty inflexible in anything other than an 'anything goes' campaign.  What I mean is that players trying to be the highest-powered they can be is a GOOD thing and something they should do...but D&D 5e players want to do it in a theoretical way and not in the world they play in.  You try to create a different world with interesting choices and many 5e players get very dissatisfied because they can't be this exact theoretical creation they saw on YouTube.  Again, this is fine but the same-ness can wear on a DM and they want to try something new.  However, you find out like on Roll20 that most players just want anything goes, no limits high power sameness all the time...bonus points if these players then complain that the monsters are too tough ;) I am running two 5e campaigns at this time (I usually only do one but was pulled into another because they couldn't find a DM and I knew them) and the players are great but I am already feeling the burn and it has only been 3-4 months.  :/  In contrast, I have a different campaign in a different system that has been running over a year and I am still excited for the next session.   TL&DR - 5e is hard on DMs :)

Interesting TS, I found exactly the opposite. The system is simple and easy to use it just has no depth. It's like playing basic D&D from the kids' section. I just found it so boring to run, I stopped running it.

If I may: Yes, the 5E tag in the title was because I was asking about 5E GMing. I feel like it's up to DM to be clear on what goes and what doesn't go on their table. I get paid GM can be more permissive, and that's ok. But for my part, I like to keep things balanced and entertaining for everyone. That's how I used to do things anyway... Interesting feedback ;oP

I agree with a lot of what you've said, T.S. Once I heard it described as, "a softer version for the casual player."

Neo said: If I may: Yes, the 5E tag in the title was because I was asking about 5E GMing. I feel like it's up to DM to be clear on what goes and what doesn't go on their table. I get paid GM can be more permissive, and that's ok. But for my part, I like to keep things balanced and entertaining for everyone. That's how I used to do things anyway... Interesting feedback ;oP :)  You shall see.  You can be clear all you want. ;)  Pick up games on the Internet are different.  Not BAD...there are many positive aspects to it.  But different.  You shall see. It is also just...well...feels wrong to say 'NO!' often.  Players are excited to try 'new' things (to them at least) which just so happen to be the same 5 OP builds...(to you at least)...but they are so excited and enthusiastic.  You want to try to accommodate them but you also want something different to keep it interesting to you.  You can almost physically see them deflate if you keep 'limiting them'**.  You want them to be excited.  Heck, that is a reason you DM in the first place. ** Actually it is trying to get them NOT to be limited as to get away from the same OP builds...but they don't see it that way. Also,  Some players are so desperate to get in a game they will "yes, yes, yes" you...until they get into the game a bit.  For example, I once had a game where I CLEARLY let them know it was an undercover/investigative/covert game.  I interviewed them before accepting them.  In session zero it was made very clear again.  However, once in the game one player wanted to be a starfighter pilot and the other one wanted to do combat mechs.  The game did not last long. TL&DR - DMing 5e can wear at you ;)

Sherlock said: I agree with a lot of what you've said, T.S. Once I heard it described as, "a softer version for the casual player." 5e is the 'Gateway Drug' for TTRPG.  Therefore it is pretty casual and most do not move onto the 'harder stuff'.  :)  That is fine.  However, IMO this contributes to DM burnout as they want to move onto more interesting stuff but most of the playerbase wants same ol same ol.

I don't equate "harder" to "more interesting", but I do get weary of D&D and 5E in particular.  There are tons of RPG's out there, both old and new, and most of them are more interesting and fun to play than 5E (IMO, I mean.  I realize this is subjective and clearly, most Roll20 players do not agree with me.  If you doubt this, simply look at the most recent Orr report). GMs are always in short supply compared to players, though, so I have no doubt  you will have little trouble finding eager players for your games.

Sup everyone! I figured I'd let you guys know I finally posted an LFP last night. Feel free to have a quick looksy ;oP <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10776489/lfp-f2p-d-and-d-5e-looking-for-3-to-5-brave-adventurers-dot-dot-dot/?pageforid=10776489#post-10776489" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10776489/lfp-f2p-d-and-d-5e-looking-for-3-to-5-brave-adventurers-dot-dot-dot/?pageforid=10776489#post-10776489</a>

I need a DM for a Battletech Game, so yeah, we need more DMs!&nbsp;

We need more&nbsp;niche DM's. For example I am one of the very very very few that do anime games. I DM BESM and very few times I do OVA and Maid. I would love to find a DM willing to run Heroines of the First Age so I can learn it. Sense that ttrpg has come out I have seen 0 DM's offer to run it, even though it has very high reviews.

Is it not more a question that we need more "players" interested in RPGs other than D&amp;D 5e? And @Neo: Congratuations, I saw you LFP and was very happy for you! Good Luck and loads of fun for your campaign!

Red Falcon said: I need a DM for a Battletech Game, so yeah, we need more DMs!&nbsp; I think Roll20 has it's part on this too. If there was support for it, I'd run a "Time of War" / "BattleTech" campaign. But all I could find was a not great character sheet and that's it -.- Dominik S. said: And @Neo: Congratuations, I saw you LFP and was very happy for you! Good Luck and loads of fun for your campaign! Thanks m8, appreciated ^.^ &nbsp;I should start reaching out to potential players early next week. Can't wait to see how it goes.