I will say this at the beginning as I have received requests to join stuff I am not interested in. You do not need to read any of this if you are recruiting for a Non 5e game. Im not interested in any of the following: Non 5e, Tomb of Annihilation, Mad Mage (As I am already in a fantastic group for this), any campaign which you have heavily modified the core mechanics of DnD or added some weird crit mechanic cards that overrun the game. Instead of sending out 30 applications for games to which never get a response. Here is a single Application for any DM looking for a dedicated player. I will include all the information that repeatedly gets asked for. DM's pick me up if you need a player. Use this information to determine if I would be a potential good addition to your game, or not. Im not going to write an individual resume or application for each game as i'm sure this is detailed enough. If you ask me to apply to your game in your thread, i'm just going to cut and copy this. About Me: I am a 43 year old disabled and retired Army veteran. I have the luxury of time on my hands to dedicate to your campaign and story. I'm wanting to sink my teeth into the world you spent so much time creating. I want to love it as much as you do! I want to meet the other people you invited into the world and have danger thrown at us and figure out how to solve your mysteries and mazes, while figuring out how to get along with strangers and turn them into friends in and out of the narrative. I am serious, but I can laugh at a good joke (adding Yeet to the end of a sentence does not make it a joke). I speak English, not "Meme". I enjoy role playing, but never to the detriment of someone else's fun. I do not like when a single player is always forcing the party to react to what their character does, this makes it the campaign of them and not the party. I dont enjoy someone being SO narrow sighted in their character that they dont realize no one else is enjoying what they are doing and constantly lean on the crutch "its what my character would do". At the end of the day, we are arent really our characters, each person around the table is an individual with their own motivations and personalities but the one thing we should all share is a desire for fun, but never at the cost of someone else. What I am looking for: A fun group of welcoming players. Preferably not a "good ol'boys club" of life long friends, and I am the odd man out. I find that this causes for a lot of inside jokes to which i'm left sitting with a deer in the headlights look on my face, just waiting for the joke to end so we can move forward. A healthy Mix of Role play and Combat. I want to play with players that love their characters and put effort into creating them and exploring them and watching them grow. Not players that make meat puppets for their version of "Dungeons and Damage, the Diablo table top edition." Anyone can create a damage monkey. I want to play with a creative bunch of people. That being said, Its fun to actually fight with a character, so I am looking for combat as well...just not a campaign centered around it. Structure. I would like to find a group that meets once a week and where everyone shows up. I know everyone has a real life and that should always takes precedence. I would like to find a group where its not missing someone every single week due to a Headache, stress, sick..ect..ect...Its no fun when the group is ALWAYS missing someone. A group that is looking for someone who wants to play the game! I love sitting around and telling "and one time i did this.." type stories, but I want to do that before or after the game. When the DM starts the game...lets play the game! Looking for an actual Sanctioned Campaign. What I am Not looking for: Incredibly slow Leveling. I'm not looking for a power campaign where we level up each session. But being in the same group for 5 months and only going from level 3 to 5 is unacceptably slow. I need something new to play with every once in a while. The same old toys month after month gets stale. Not looking for special home brew mechanics that take over the game. Unique home brew rules can be fun. But if your "new" home brew stuff is causing players to die, then your home brew rules are writing the story, and the players are not. Not looking for a home brew campaign, only pre made modules. My Availability: Preferably Week days, except Thursday. Time of day is not an issue. I am disabled and retired and have the luxury of time. However, the weekends i reserve solely for my family. What I would like to play: Character wise: Cleric or Paladin or a Celestial Warlock/Cleric dual class. Race: Half Elf Why: I am disabled in real life after years spent in combat. I want to spend my time healing and protecting people when i get the chance to roleplay. Something i didnt get the chance to do in real life. For me, Role play is a form of Therapy. Campaign wise: I'll be honest, i'm looking for any campaign. Curse of Strahd would be amazing, however i did try this before. I know this is a difficult campaign but after 2 months, our group never won an actual fight. We had to run away from every single encounter. Seriously, that is not fun, difficult campaign or not. I felt demoralized and beat up before, during and after every session. It was depressing and sad. I know it is suppose to be a Horrific campaign, but it is still a game and suppose to be fun. However, i am willing to consider something else. NO Tomb of Annihilation and No Homebrew made up stuff. If its not Curse of Strahd, then another official module. Experience with DnD : I've played on and off since the early 2000's. The most I've played was in 3.5e.
