[LFG][L5R4e] Always a GM never a player

Hi all. Long time L5R GM (Been running games since about 2000, 2001), and very infrequent player looking for a GM and players for a game while I recharge my batteries. Days and times are negotiable.

Do you play 5th edition?

I've been wanting to, but haven't gotten the chance yet.

Sorry party has filled up hope you find an adventure soon!

Oh well. Story of my life. Thanks for considering me.

Hello. would you accept an inexperienced player? I'm 18 years old male from Czech republic. I'm creating a character your e4 right now, Dragonborn ranger. (I hope switching to other version won't be much work... Right?) I have great microphone and teamspeak, discord and Skype are fine for communication. I wanted to try DnD for quite some time, never had a chance so far.

Did you post in the wrong topic? I'm trying to get into a Legend of the Five Rings game with an opening.

Hey I have another campaign opening up both modules one will be hoard of the dragon queen and the other monsters vault you interested?

Sorry. I'm explicitely 7th Sea, Exalted, and Legend of the Five Rings (Starting to experiment with 2d20 Conan as well, but that's why the tag said L5R) when it comes to fantasy for a reason. It's to try to get away from the Murderhobos. You see, I am from the old school. I grew up with O/AD&D when there was actually Role Playing in Role Playing Games (Granted most of it was to avoid having to avoid using the Battle Chart and THAC0 back then). Some of my favorite AD&D modules were Dragonlance, where you'd have to think logically as well as swing or shoot weapon at X. Seems like nowadays, every PF/D&D game draws people want to shoot first, shoot again, shoot some more, empty their arrow quiver and grab their spare, empty that too, and when the area looks like 40k space orks finally got enough Dakka, finally think to ask a question. While yes, that's good for, say, emptying the local ruins of monsters for the townsfolks, that's not too good for trying to find, say, a kidnapped loved one before they can be sacrificed to bring evil god X into the world or back from the dead... when you'd want to leave one enemy alive to interrogate to find out if the Ritual's started, where it's happening, and where said loved one is being held.

Also, to clarify, when you said 5e, I thought you meant FFG's L5R Open Beta.

Hey William. I know you are looking at other games, mainly because of murder hobo tendencies.  Here is my pitch though. I am running a game for DM's because they don't get the chance to play a lot, like yourself. It is 5e, but my games tend to be very rp orientated. We have 3 DMs signed up already, and if you fancy it come take a look at my post or send me a PM for more information. If not, good luck in finding new people, and wish you every success!

Thanks. Sadly, the last D&D I touched was 3.0/Wheel of Time RPG so i'd need help with learning/relearning the system (After all, 2001/2 was ages ago). Would you be solo gming, or will it be a GM tradeoff? And if it's a GM tradeoff, would everyone be running the same system?

William F said: Thanks. Sadly, the last D&D I touched was 3.0/Wheel of Time RPG so i'd need help with learning/relearning the system (After all, 2001/2 was ages ago). Would you be solo gming, or will it be a GM tradeoff? And if it's a GM tradeoff, would everyone be running the same system? I'd be solo gming. The system isnt hard to learn. 5e was designed to make it more accessible. Also don't mind at all helping with the mechanics. One of the other reasons im looking for other Dms is so I can get feedback on my own style of dming, as well as the primary reason of giving dms a chance to play instead of run games. Let me know if you are still interested, or if you have any questions just send me a pm

I'm running a d100 system, ongoing campaign.  Entire sessions can slip by with minimal or no combat, depending on the players' actions.  PM me if you'd like more info since the board moderators get weird if I post links outside of their product (even though the game uses roll 20 and google hangouts) and I can send you a link to some actual play videos you can watch to see if you are interested.

Any interest in L5R RPG 1st Edition?

@Logan H. I'm almost always interested in trying out original systems, and i'd be interested in giving it a look. However, please don't expect me to know that much about the European Feudal Societies, even ones presented in high fantasy, as for nearly 20 years now i've been stuck, GM-wise, in pseudo-Japan... been kinda cursed the few times i've tried european-styled RPGs with Murderhobo parties screwing up my european fantasy campaigns yet refusing to even try any of the actual games that go good for Murderhobos' shoot first, shoot again, shoot some more, empty quiver/clip/etc., ... like Paranoia. I'd definitely be down for 1e @evan. Give me an excuse to blow the dust off tons of my old physical books. Please send me some info, like current party compliment, current era, Campaign type, etc.

Hi William, no L5R group at the moment—it was an open question to everyone on this thread. I am running a group through short adventures using different systems, so when the current game (MegaTraveller) ends, I may be able to round up support for that. Otherwise, if you know some interested parties I'd be happy to run a short adventure (4-6 sessions, typically). I usually like to run L5r just after the Scorpion Clan Coup, so there is still a Hantei on the throne (although he is poisoned and weak), there are six major clans (although I'd allow Scorpion and Akodo-school ronin), the Shadowlands threat is mounting, Naga haven't yet appeared and the Clan War is just kicking off. If you played the CCG, it is right between Imperial Edition and the Shadowlands expansion set.

TBH, i'm looking for, exclusively, a long term Legend of the Five Rings, or another specifically Samurai game like Sengoku or Bushido with NO MURDERHOBOS in the group. Please, no more D&D, Pathfinder, etc offers. If I wanted to be in one of those i'd hit the LFG because there are TONS of those games out there. L5R rarely ever has any postings up in it. I joined the one game BECAUSE it's a group of DMs/GMs/Narrators, people who understand what it's like to have campaigns broken by people who don't bother reading the description, have murderhobos disrupt scenes because they're not sword hilt deep in someone and those thousand other things that make GMs want to sheathe a sword in players... so, regardless of the setting, no one is going to give me shit for trying to bring back role playing into the role playing game, disrupt the campaign, or do any of those thousands of things that make old-school RPG players that remember THAC0 and the OD&D battle charts want to do some population reduction and/or blast the whole earth with an EMP and try to stomp out this special snowflake-itis that seems to be the root of what is destroying the hobby we love in the harsh aftermath. So again, Legend of the Five Rings, Long Term Campaign, and no Murderhobos/Special Snowflakes. Otherwise there is 0% of my interest in joining. Nothing against you and/or your group, but I am always an L5R GM and never a player. And I want to be an L5R Player.