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. Background: This is a typical fantasy setting. The group is a team of adventurers who are already comrades from working on boring caravan protection gig. You decide to hike back the several week journey back to the main city, and as the day is getting long you come across a small, remote village with an inviting looking tavern... 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. We will use the 5th ed character sheets. You are welcome to use your own macros, if you are that type of experienced player. This one-shot 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 2PM 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 class and backgrounds. - Start with 10 extra gold pieces for your earnings from the caravan. - Stats: Use the standard array or point buy - We will use Google Hangouts for chat, so be ready to give me your info there. Decent English skills will be required. - Please provide the information asked for in the "What I expect" section, otherwise you will certainly not get an invite. What I expect: - A group of 4 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. - Please confirm you can use Google Hangouts. 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.