[LFP][D&D5e] DM Forming Campaign Around the Group

The Game: D&D5e (or Pathfinder if people are interested) Play Time: Afternoon and Evenings, Weekdays EST, weekly with a break every few weeks (My schedule is flexible, so this is a placeholder.) Players: 4-5 Voice Chat: Discord or Skype Hombrew w/approval, and encouraged New Players Welcome     Hello everyone, I don't have a solid campaign idea. Instead my plan is to form a group of players who are interested in the style of game I want to run. Then using their feedback I'll come up with several campaign pitches for players to vote on and proceed from there. Note that the story elements are not yet decided. While I intend to work the game so each player has something to engage with, please don't have your heart set on anything too specific. What I need from you: As I mentioned, I haven't created anything specific for this game. I want to know what interests you as a player, what systems and situations you want to engage with, why, and build the campaign around that. As a starting point think of a classic D&D setting and variate from there. Basic Info: Name, Play Schedule, Experience with TTRPG's etc What are you looking for in a game?: Story elements, themes, character class, play styles, goals, mechanics, combat, politics, and what about them interests you.  What inspires you?: Music, games, movies, content creators, hobbies, etc. What can I use to get into your mindset about TTRPG's. Anything else? This is purely up to your discretion. About the DM and My Playstyle: My name is Ethan and I am 22 years old. I've been playing TTRPG's for about 6 years and DMing on and off for 3. I don't think it is useful to think of a game as being combat or roleplay heavy. I think combat should facilitate roleplay and social encounters should be approached tactfully. I intend to run all encounters so that they are engaging and create drama. I like the decision making that comes from dealing with limits. This includes character flaws, carrying capacity, and the law of unintended consequences. I hope to encourage certain styles of play with mechanical benefits. For example, I wish tool proficiencies were more useful in 5e. So if a player is interested I would make (or steal) a more in depth crafting system and allow created items to grant useful benefits as appropriate. I encourage open communication within the group. If you have an something you want to try, ask. If there is a problem with the game or another player, address it. I will try to be forthcoming with information and not let an obscure rule or lack of clarity penalize a player. This is a cooperative game. Please be willing to compromise and make decisions that work best for the group. I don't wish to discourage party conflict, as it can be great for storytelling, but talk with the party before doing something potentially detrimental.  I play RPG's to have fun and be engaged. I try to stay focused without taking things too seriously and let the tone establish itself.  I consider everything above a guideline and am willing to implement any changes based on the group. I apologize if this isn't much to go on, but I think D&D should be a cooperative experience ...and I'm also just indecisive.  If you're interested in playing, have any questions, or have any critiques about the post feel free to message me or post below. I may start a thread in 'Join a Game' if enough people are interested.

Basic Info: Greetings, I go by Moon, I can play Monday, Thrusday or Friday nights after 8pm EST, and I have been playing tabletop rpgs for 5 years now. What are you looking for in a game?: A combination of mercenary, anti-hero, eldritch beings being heros, and revolutionary decisions. The mercenary gives us choice, anti-heros so it not straigt hero-villian, giving it a bit of grey, Endritch being is me finding some interesting homebrew and making me think how a outsider hero character would act, and revolution is revolution What inspires you?: Let's plays, mainly from nakateleeli and grimith, shadowrun, cosplaying, and europa universallis Anything else? This is purely up to your discretion. How are these? <a href="https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Embodied_Mouther_(5e_Race)" rel="nofollow">https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Embodied_Mouther_(5e_Race)</a> <a href="https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Personifier_(5e_Class)" rel="nofollow">https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Personifier_(5e_Class)</a>

Basic Info: Hello, you can call me Logan or by my profile name. I'm pretty much free all week except for 1:30-5:30 pm CST. I don't keep exact track, but I've been both a GM and a player for a couple years now. I like dabbling in all sorts of systems, whether that be running games or reading their rulebooks. What are you looking for in a game?: Although it's not an issue if handled correctly, I've started to get disappointed in games that promote themselves as an amazing open-world experience. More specifically, I usually like it if the party has at least a target goal or task to work towards so that they a focusing point. "The party discovers that the only way to stop the ending of the world is to find the mythical relic of McGuffin's Sword, which has been only a story for children," would be a good example of what I mean. Aside from that, I love it when the party has to make ethical decisions that have impacts on the world and/or story. I also love it when the campaign setting has substance to explore. This sorta ties in with my misgivings towards my aimless open-world experiences. What inspires you?: Its a bit random what strikes my inspiration, but recently I've taken to enjoying how to twist stuff like tropes on themselves. Otherwise, I tend to get inspired by music I listen to (commonly instrumental and generally rock and the sort). Anything else?: Your willingness to get the players involved and keeping proper communication is very admirable, I feel I should mention.

Basic Info: Name: Daniel S, Schedule, I'm free Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at any time. And I have 15+ years of DnD/Tabletop experience and 800 Hours on Rolle 20. What are you looking for in a game?: I am really up for anything, something I can flex my rp muscles though would be great, I wanna play a ranger if I can. Besides that, I am game for anything. What inspires you?: Good Music, Great Rp, and good friends get me in the mood to play, plus a nice immersive world helps :D Anything else?: Nope I am good.

Basic Info: Name, Play Schedule, Experience with TTRPG's etc - Ethan as well! Likely afternoon/evenings EST, I played with a few friends before I moved and I am looking to try getting into the online scene I guess (Just missed playing). The games I used to play were heavily homebrewed though so I may have to learn a few things. What are you looking for in a game?: - Story elements, themes, character class, play styles, goals, mechanics, combat, politics, and what about them interests you. Story is always a must! I tend to focus on the social aspects and less on the combat, but that also sounds plenty interesting! The politics and general societies of the games are probably my favorites! Probably gonna try something new for my class (I usually played a bard). What inspires you?: - Music, games, movies, content creators, hobbies, etc. What can I use to get into your mindset about TTRPG's. Music. Music. Music. I play a lot of fantasy RPG's and I actually do a lot of theatre in my off-time. Anything else? - This is purely up to your discretion. I really agree with your bit about the limits, it's always something I wanted to convince my DM to implement more and he just never really did. :)

Hello, my name is Hilton, and I'm available to play evenings any day of the week, typically a little after 9 est. I'm also free all day Sundays and Wednesdays, those being my days off from work. My experience with TTRPGs is limited, as I've been apart of maybe 4 campaigns total since I was introduced to D&amp;D 10 years ago. My last stint was last year, here on Roll20, playing 5e, so I have some experience with the site. What I'm looking for in a game is story-driven high or dark fantasy. I'm a big fan of epic worlds like those in Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft and any Final Fantasy game. I prefer character classes and play styles that synergize with the group making combat more interesting. (Think combo kills, or combining spells to solve puzzles.)&nbsp; What inspires you?: I'm a huge MMORPG guy. I love playing World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV. In any rpg, the thing that keeps me playing is a character setup or class that allows me to cast black magic sorcery and/or summons elementals/familiars. I also love weightlifting, so all of my characters are big ass orcs. Zug Zug! I could use help with character alignments. I'd love to play an evil character, but in my limited experience, it sometimes seems to be a detriment to the party. Know that I'm totally fine being neutral.

Either of my IGNs (Toasted and Man_Powder) or my real name Pedro is fine. I live near China so GMT+8 is my time zone. I currently DM 2 other games, 9PM EST Fridays and Tuesdays. I'm free every other day though preferably around 9AM EST or any time 8PM onwards (I'm 12 hours ahead of EST so 1PM-6PMish EST I'm usually asleep). I've only ever been a DM so being a player for once would be a nice change of pace. Discord ID: Man_Powder #8549 Honestly I find real life to be rather boring. The idea of absolute laws and limitations to what can and cannot be done is suffocating. The reason I often find myself delving into fantasy games and stories is to escape reality and delve into a world where anything IS possible, whether through magic, some divine form or superhuman feats. What I'm looking for is a world with outlandish events or characters that really help sell the idea and possibility of greatness. Where the big baddie really is THE big baddie, and the heroes are akin to gods. That being said, obviously, no need to have the lvl 2 wizard be able to nuke half a continent. But having the possibility of being able to do so at some stage is enticing. Screw the super fast rogue assassin being able to dash at 100ft per turn, lets make him vanish into thin air and reappear behind someone. The ultra strong Barbarian punching an Orc through a house? How about him bench pressing said house? Basically a world where the extremes are that much more extreme and the limits are less in your face. One thing I often look up to are stories with moral ambiguity. It's not black and white, you're evil f@$k you, this guy's good lets help him. The "I'm evil because I'm evil" approach gets old really quickly. I like antagonists with motives and that actually make a lot of sense, just maybe not going about whatever they're going in the best of ways. Anything else? Well like I said I like the idea of less limitations however that is not to say I don't want ANY limits. I'm talking more on the limit of potential, so I'm perfectly fine with having little options or having real limitations. I just want there to be the potential of the rogue that currently cannot vanish into thin air, to be able to do so. If said rogue really cares about being able to do that and works hard on it. AKA ordinary characters becoming EXTRAordinary.&nbsp;

Hi there Ethan, Here's a quick rundown of what you were looking for. I'd be happy to go into more depth in a private message, or over Discord - whichever suits you better. Basic Info: I'm Pat, and I have about 30 years of RPG experience. Yes, that makes me a fair bit older than most people here! Doesn't bother me, however, as long as we're all cordial and well-meaning. My availability would be Tuesday through Thursday, although it depends, of course, on the time. I'm based in the EST time zone, and US afternoons (European evenings) actually work better for me. What are you looking for in a game? I'm primarily interested in immersion - a world that my character is a living part of, with a backstory and depth. I love it, when I can ask after the history of people or events and to get a response at length. I also enjoy character development in the social and psychological sense. Actual growth in levels and such doesn't matter too much to me. What inspires you? Oh boy, this could get long. In short: some of my favourite artists are Gustav Klimmt, Guy Gavriel Kay, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Farima Berenji - that's painting, writing, music and dance. I could add probably dozens of others. :) I'm an anthropologist, so I'm naturally interested in cultural developments - especially where it interacts with behavioral science and mythology. Anything else? I'm somewhere in the LGBT+ alphabet soup, so a group that is open-minded and (preferably) diverse has my strong preference. I find that too much similarity between players can become stifling. My preference would also go out to a smaller group - no more than five, for sure. I hope to hear back from you! As I mentioned, I'd be happy to expand upon any of the above, if you wish. Kind regards, Pat

Basic Info: Vindex, am mostly always free except for about 2 games am currently part of, am fairly new to TTRPGs in general with only limited practical experience in cyberpunk 2020. other than that my knowledge is limited to both CP2020 and DnD 5e handbooks What are you looking for in a game?: immersive feelings and change of tone, like a sandbox experience that offers different kind of tones depending on where the party goes and what it decides is best and in general i like being surprised with non holding back turn of events long as it isn't forced to force out that reaction like i would like to still go oh that makes sense that would have realistically happened in that situation What inspires you?: oh wow that could take a while, well am like gamer since I knew what a computer is, I like games that are sandbox where I get to choose what to tackle and when and how to approach it, in terms of books and movies and series in general I like the ones that both have an interesting theme that keeps hooking me back into how unique it, I like having a good balance between surface level complication that I can see and spot even when am not actively looking but extra layers of depth and complication specially around center characters that are there should I invest time and focus into diving into Anything else? honestly am just a guy who is looking for a good time, due to where I live TTRPGs aren't that popular like they are a super rarity and even when found they are usually the prepackaged self contained small adventures so am taking to Roll20s as a way to satisfy that itch of diving into a world where your imagination and that world rules are basically your tools to craft a gem of an adventure. also yea since am new am open to guidance and helpful advice and may actually ask for it when am going thro something or some mechanic for the first time. am also open minded person not just in terms of dealing with other people personally but in terms of respecting the artistic freedom of the dm and their vision of the game setting so am perfectly ok with any kind of mature or explicit or gritty content that is in the game because am also aware its there for an artistic reason.

&nbsp; &nbsp;Thank you to everyone who replied and I think we are ready to proceed as planned. There are currently a dozen people interested in playing and I want to cut that down to a group of four or five. I think a few would work well together based on interests and schedule but I don't want to cut anyone out just yet, so here is the plan. I will invite everyone to a game on roll20 where there will be a list of campaign pitches and schedules to vote on. You will also be able to discuss ideas with the rest of the group there. Based on the results we'll whittle things down and hopefully have our group. &nbsp; &nbsp; For now please consider the application process closed and I will update you if anything changes.&nbsp;