I'm looking to run a game of 5th Edition Shadowrun, I've purchased the books and would like to use them. This will start out as something short term with possibility's to head into long term, now i know that this setting is very popular and has a tendency to bring out unique personality's so I'm going to start out this Ad in a way I normally wouldn't do, with the things i actively would not like to see in applicants. 1. No murder hobo's please, while i do enjoy combat as much as the next person, combat should have a reason behind it, if you are just looking to roll dice and shoot things, please proceed down the hall 3rd door on the left is the video game department. 2.No Edgelords, while the dark mysterious figure, lone wolf figure, works well for movies and books, not so much with a social based game were 4-5 other people are involved, an edgy character is all well and good but he better be one charismatic, smooth talking, team working fella/lady. 3.No Power Gamers, we all want to be the hero of the day i get it, and its human nature to optimize, but the perfect character is perfectly boring, the flawed guy/girl now that's interesting, overcoming odds that are against you, that's exciting, so if you want to power game, please down the hall 3rd door on the left. 4.Don't try and win the game, if your ever invited to someones game it means you won already, so sit back relax and enjoy the ride. 5.Please no lore Nazi's - Like the first paragraph says, really popular setting, the lore and world is rich, but i don't know every minutia of it, or may make mistakes and to be frank i may want to change things about some, nothing massively important to the lore, but if it needs to change to fit the narrative I'm going for I will alter it. Now that we have that out of the way, these are some things that i look for in potential player candidates. Active roleplayers! yes that's right, people that want to delve into their character's and the world around them, be descriptive with what you do how you act in and out of combat, because honestly at the end of the day the players are the true GM's of the game, it's your story that YOU as players are weaving. I try not to run a game that feels like it's a GM vs PC, so I promise that I'm not actively trying to kill off PC's, let's be honest here I'm not going to spend several hours out of my week with writing and prep work just to kill off the character's, nothing ruins the flow of a story arc then having to constantly have players re-making characters, now that's not to say that the game is not going to have it's risk otherwise why play right, we feed of that excitement. Don't be afraid to fail, just because you did not succeed on your dice rolls its the end of the world, if you are roleplaying and being "cinematic" with your action's [this includes combat] then a failed die roll might mean you missed a shot, or skill check but it could have other results, good roleplay will always trump dice rolls. Also common sense is king folks, think about your actions would you walk into a drug den full of well armed gangster's waving your pistol about demanding you see the boss? no? didn't think so there are action's and reaction's, play stupid games win stupid prizes. Now on to a few bullet points to focus on for your applications. 1.Build me a character concept, his/her hopes dreams, were they came from, what are some of his/her vices, what kind of skill's he may have picked up in life. i want you to bring a character to life for me. P.S. there is not a single 18-20 year old in the world who is a super mega grand master of all the skills in the world, so try and be semi realistic here please :-) 2.Tell me were you want the character to be in say 10 year's, and lets stay away from trope's like rich, famous and powerful, that's to easy. i know this is going to be hard one, so just try your best. 3.This is the most important, i want you to play a character you want to play if your invited to the game, so choose something you want to do, don't try to fit the standard tank dps heals crap, or try and fill missing roles this is not an MMo, you design a concept you want I'll work around the group as the GM. I'm going to be doing voice interviews via Discord or skype to see if [you, potential pc] and i click as people also im going to be running some mock sessions to see how each person problem solves on the fly, and just to make sure that everyone has read the Ad ill need you to type a key word into your app {ARMITAGE rocks}. I'm planning on running Sundays around [10am PST, 1pm EST, 6pm GMT] I do work a lot of hours during the week days so the day is non negotiable, but i can wiggle on the time some if needs be, the games will last approximately 3-4 hours but should not go beyond that. So if this sounds good and you can commit to said times on a regular basis feel free to reply with an app. P.S. this will be a voice only game by the way. TL/DR Kindly hit the back button on your browser please.
