About me: I'm a 41 year old professional in the tech industry, married, no kids. I've been playing TTRPGs for about 2 years now, and D&D 5e for about a year. I've been playing Adventurer's League regularly at my FLGS, but I've gotten disillusioned with the structure of that format and would rather get into a dedicated campaign. I'm DMing Lost Mines for my wife and 4 of her complete newbie friends every other weekend and loving it but I want to play as well. I'd like to find a group to join on a weeknight, Monday-Thursday. Generally with traffic I'm home around 6 PM EST, so starting around 7 PM would be ideal for me. I don't mind playing homebrew, but I'd prefer to keep it in a "traditional" D&D setting, I'm not really interested in super-gritty low magic settings or historical recreations. With most of my background coming from Adventurer's League and Pathfinder Society I've been a lot more combat focused, but I'd like something with more of a 50/50 split between roleplay and combat. My roleplaying skills aren't great right now, but that's something I'd really like to work on. My ideal group would be diverse, LGBTQ friendly (I'm a straight cisgendered male, but I have zero respect for anyone intolerant of others), mature enough to be respectful of everyone's time and to take things seriously when they should, but fun enough to joke around and get into some silly situations too. Im completely fine with, and would almost prefer, playing with newer players. I'm pretty well versed in game mechanics and am a voracious researcher so I'm happy to help new players sort through some of the more complex aspects of the game. I'm not in love with the concept of paid games so I'm not really looking for one, but if you've got a compelling reason to join one and a good group of people involved, I'd at least be willing to listen to the pitch and join a trial session. I am pretty inexperienced with Roll20 so I might need a bit of setup help at first, but I promise I'll catch on quick. So if you've got a group that's needing a new player or are putting a new party together and need someone you can count on every week, shoot me a PM.