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New players looking for experience. Sorry for inconvenience.

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CDT TimeZone Open to more players. Not available Wednesday and Sunday. Not available between 8am-4pm from Monday-Friday for a this week and next. I and a friend of mine are new players. I specifically have been watching people play for two years on youtube and been dreaming of playing my beautiful character Zara Xune. My friend would also like to play as a character she has called Willow. I'm sorry that we are asking you to take the time to develop a story for us as a DM. We have applied to a few, but we seem not to make the cut. I guess I'm too weird :P
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Greetings and thank you. My name is Myla. I am 19 years old. I'm a German American (just something interesting about me.) Name: Zara Xune Class: Prostitute Rogue Race: Drow Short Summary: She is a worshiper of Lolth. She was raised far away from the core of Lolth so the words of Lolth and teachings are sort of scrambled and not completely accurate to the way Lolth intended. She believes the slogan 'True Freedom Comes in Chaos." She is neutral chaotic. She is worried more about herself than of humanity, but she loves people mostly due to her job of prostitution and is willing to help for the hell of it. She goes with the flow and doesn't really realize that her race is looked down upon. She believes that her race is better because they have learned freedom by not having laws and living based on survival and the natural actions of revenge. She doesn't believe she is above races in the same sense other drows do.
My name is Heather . I am 18 years old. A "good" friend of Myla. Willow is a wood elf who is cursed. Her class is undecided (was hoping you could assist me in choosing one). Summary of Character's Bio: My parents lived in a tribe who's eldest child was always 'cursed' because of the sin of the tribe's ancestors. My parents could not bear to kill me like they were expected to, so they fled. We lived in a cabin in the woods but, on my 100/18th birthday, my presents put my family in danger so I had to leave them, knowing little of the outside world except what I read in books. (My race, age, and class is up to you, but I did have some picked by my last DM if you don't want to decide or help me
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Greg
Pro
I have no idea how you have handled your applications to join other games, but one thing to keep in mind is that there are far more players than DMs. Inevitably, you may have difficulties finding a game because there are usually more applicants than a DM can accept, and experienced DMs will tend to be fairly selective in choosing players. Also, there seem to be quite a few new players looking for games, and some DMs may not want to invest the time and effort to bring them along. Even DMs with the best of intentions may simply not have the time. Others might avoid young players because they may have had some bad experiences with immature gamers. So I will offer some further advice to help you maximize your chances. One is to become as familiar with the rules and Roll20 as you can. That way, you are somewhat prepared and may not be as much of a beginner. Also, review the stickied threads with guidelines for posting here on Looking for Group. A posting that follows the title and content guidelines will give you a much greater chance of success. Also, you may need to be open to creating and playing characters suited to a given campaign or game. Bringing an existing character concept is fine for many games, but it may not fit a particular campaign world, theme, or the DM's preferences. You may need to be flexible in your choices. A chaotic neutral prostitute drow rogue is a potentially controversial or problematic character. Not everyone may be comfortable with the idea, especially in terms of how that might be role played and what it might entail within the game. Chaotic neutral alignments are also not desirable for a lot of other DMs and gamers. The other concept of a "cursed" character might also come with some baggage. Don't get me wrong. I think it is great that you have put some thought into these characters and their backgrounds. I encourage the creativity. But the prospect of two outcast characters who might cause complications for other characters might not be a fit for many games. After all, your drow might not realize that her race is frowned upon, and it is not the fault of the wood elf that she is cursed. But if an adventuring party will have to deal with constant problems over the presence of a drow among them, along with the potential dangers of having a cursed character in the party, you can imagine the apprehension some DMs or players might feel. If you do not have much success with this attempt, perhaps you might hold off on character concepts and wait to create concepts once you can get into your intended game. Hopefully you can also brush up on the rules and Roll 20 and be as prepared as you can to set up your characters and play the game. I wish you both the best.
You should include your timezone, days, and hours of availability.  If there is a system you are familiar with, I'd mention that too, though be sure to include if you'd be open to others.  Some things come down to luck when it comes to looking for a game, but including this essential information succinctly and visibly will certainly improve your chances. 
@Acrid thank you for the helpful infromation ^^.
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What game systems are you two open to? I'll send a message and describe my game and possible opening to create a story together for these characters in my D&D homebrew world (high fantasy, high magic). Your characters look interesting, and they don't look that bad. I like how the stories are short enough to understand in a short explanation, but seems open-ended enough that you can play into the World setting that the game master presents.  For example the drow character already said she is somewhat scrambled in her teachings from the spider goddess, and she is CN not actually evil although chaotic and self-preserving. The 2nd character has a curse and was outcast from her origins, but the exact nature of the curse is not described yet so it can be decided within the world.
@Gold thank you for seeing the potential in our characters ^^ We have only been exposed to 5e, but if you have a different game we are open to learning. I'm sorry we are so inexperienced and require much patience from you, but if you are willing to work with us we are super excited to learn and participate in the beautiful world of RPG.
I assume you have similar, if not matching hours?  Another avenue you might try is creating a game, make it available in the find a group section, and including in the description that you are looking for a DM (along with other details of what you hope for).  Just another avenue of keeping up the visibility, it will last longer than a post at least. 
@Acrid thank you we will look into that if this doesn't work.
Zara said: @Acrid thank you we will look into that if this doesn't work. Acrid is really hinting at the fact that you still haven't said when  you two can play.  You need to say what days & times work AND what timezone you live in.  For example, I ran a Friday night game (currently on hiatus) that started at 10pm EST.  You two could have joined that (and could if the game restarted) but it wouldn't make sense probably if you lived in England.
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@Brian.... uhm I don't think you realized I listened to Acrid and actually put on the first post about all that.... so.... Thank you though for trying to give advice. It would been helpful if Acrid hadn't already said it ^^
Hello Zara (and Heather)! I agree that your characters seem interesting, and would like to hear more about them. If you're looking for a game which welcomes new players (with little to no experience) as well as veterans, might I interest you in a visit to  The Color Animal Inn ? We play weekly in the same 'world', but each week's game is a different crew with different skill levels and experience. Yet, somehow, we seem to have a great time... We're playing this saturday, and have some open spots available. If it seems like something you'd enjoy, please, let me know! -Phnord
@Phnord Prephect Reading that link and you are funny :D I love the Rule 1 and Rule 2 XD Just a question are you saying that every week it is a one-shot with new people applying?
Yes, that's exactly what it is. Some people return week-to-week, but I try to ensure that new players get the opportunity to play as well. If you're interested, post in the thread and I'll send you a VIP invitation on Saturday! -Phnord
Great, thank you for your invitation! (-Heather)
Zara said: @Brian.... uhm I don't think you realized I listened to Acrid and actually put on the first post about all that.... so.... Thank you though for trying to give advice. It would been helpful if Acrid hadn't already said it ^^ You are correct! My apologies.