I am looking for a relatively balanced group of players with any sort of prior D&D exp. Players MUST have prior D&D exp, but it can be any edition. Players MUST have PHB or the Basic Rules. Roll20 exp is preferred, but not necessary. I am still warming myself up as a DM and cannot take on completely new players yet. I used to play a lot of 2nd edition AD&D about 15-20 years ago and have been getting into 5E this year as a player. I am looking to dip my toes back in the DM pool after a 15 year break. **This will be my second run of this one-shot. The first one was put up on short notice and only had 3 people and only had 2 hours for play. I had to modify on the fly, but it was still a good learning experience and everyone seemed to enjoy it.** Background: This is a typical fantasy setting. It is a world where divine and arcane magic exists and people know about it and have experience with it. However, in this world about 200 years ago the forces of evil were apparently eradicated. The dragons, giants, demons, orc and goblin hordes, undead armies, etc., etc., were all pushed back and it has been a great era of peace and prosperity for the PC races of the world. There are still some magical creatures and such that people come across in the untamed wilds, but organized evil seems to have been eliminated for good. For humans, halflings, and similarly short-lived races the stories of goblins, undead armies, dragons, etc. are fantasitcal and seem just like that, stories. Most, even academics, think these tales are exaggerations at best, but probably just myths and legends. For Dwarves and similarly "medium-lived" races, these stories are cautionary tales that your elderly parents or grandparents lived through and have warned you about, but the youngest generations have grown up completely in this era of peace. For Elves only the very youngest have lived without personal experience with the forces of evil being organized against the good peoples of the land. What to Expect: A pretty bare bones, run of the mill story...starting in a tavern! 3 hours of doing as much as we can, with hopefully more than 3 encounters. Almost all theatre of the mind. I may make a couple maps, but probably not. This one will probably be rather light on the role playing...it is kind of a mechanical test for DMing on Roll20. If you played 2nd edition, it may have some of that flavor. I also like to keep the talk at the table pretty easy going and filled with humor, so funny people are welcome. - Start at 5PM EST, play for 3 hours - Any class allowed - Any race allowed - Variant Human is allowed - Feats are allowed - No evil or neutral characters. You are good adventurers who are willing to help. - No "insane characters" - This story will be on rails, pretty much. It is a one-shot, deal with it. - Start at level 1 - Start with appropriate starting gear from the Players Handbook - Use the standard array or point buy - We will use Skype for chat, so be ready to give me your info there (I prefer Hangouts but am a newb at setting up the calls). Decent English skills will be required. What I expect: - A group of 4-5 players - I'd like to see at least one healer type (cleric/bard/druid), one tanky type, and beyond that a stealthy or thieves tools-using type would just be a bonus. - Players who say yes: good D&D is like good improve, never say no. - Cooperative play. For the one shot, let us all presume that your character is along for the adventure, please. - Please tell me about your prior D&D exp in your application - Please provide a sentence or 3 about the character(s) you'd be interested in playing for this. About me: I am 37 years old, I live in Indianapolis. I played mostly 2nd edition (AD&D before that) when I was a teenager into my college years, before everyone started having real life issues and meeting up for regular gaming we just impossible. I was the guy who knew most of the rules off of the top of my head because I'd read the books and found the memorization pretty easy, or I at least knew where to quickly look something up. In my group of friends we all took turns in the DM chair. I have seen 3rd edition, but was a bit turned off by how much more complicated the game started to get. I have been catching up on the new 5th edition and am really excited for the new system. I have a players handbook, DMG, and MM, and have been obsessing over them for over 2 months. It'd be nice to get a bit of the old nostalgia going, but with new friends. I have been playing in many games of 5e, all through Roll20, but as you may have noticed, there is a high drop-off rate from players in Roll20, so it is hard to get a pick up group of strangers to really STICK. As far as I am concerned, I think the new 5E system is a great combination of ideas from different editions and has a nice "old school" feeling that I personally enjoy. I am checking to see if the answer may be to just start DMing again.
