About the Campaign:
Looking to Run Lost mines of Phanadver. I’ve tried to play this module since 5e
came out and was never successful so I’ve decided to run it with some tweeks to
make it more low fantasy and some homebrew to monsters and the world to change
up this pretty well known adventure and to include any story hooks that might
come from players and player backgrounds.
I am looking for 3 to 4 players at the max with a fifth slot reserved for a
friend.
Strong preference for anyone whose never played this adventure path. Time: Saturday / Start time between 5-7pm est / End Time
9-10pm est / Format: Voice + Roll20 About the Module: The campaign revolves around the exploits of Gundren
Rockseeker and his mysterious disappearance. The party tangled with both the
Red Brands criminal gang and the Cragmaw Goblin Tribe in their hunt for the
missing Dwarf and as they closed in on the mysterious figure. About Me: I am 28 years of age and have been GMing/playing since a
friend introduced me to D&D senior year of high school. I’ve played D&D
3.5, Patherfinder 1e and a lot of World of Darkness. 10k of my hours played on
here are in World Of Darkness vampire & werewolf. I want to run D&D as way to change up my
pace and get a fresh perspective of my GMing skills with a new group that’s not
my usual group. Also I paint figures and just resubbed to World of Warcraft
as my other hobby. About the Game:
As I mentioned above this game will center around the Lost Mines of Phanadver
but I’d also like to use it as building blocks for other adventures if we find
a good group chemistry. In fact, I care about group chemistry more than your
characters, backgrounds and all of that. I am looking for people who want to be
social and engage with each other including each other in their respective
story lines. -
-There will be no magic equipment throughout
this adventure path
- I will restrict the party to only 1 spell caster player.
- There will be no unearthed Arcana material allowed.
- Standard Point buy (27) or Standard Roll Array which ever you prefer
- This game is free / none payment
- You get access to all the compendiums I’ve bought for the game at no cost to
you.
Game will be mix of narrative/minds eye and battle maps
- I have not DMed 5e an extensive amount and will be brushing up a lot during
this Adventure path. About my style / games:
I tend to favor narrative more than mechanics but at the
same time I think mechanics need to also support the narrative. There more I
will add/change/remove things that either seem clunky or simplify it for smoother
flow. I am also not the GM of “Yes and” or “Yes but” I believe that character
failures need to happen to both allow growth as well as creative thinking. If you attempt to do something and fail, you
will fail there will be no accident or twist of fate with a consequence that
allows you proceed forward. Character failures are important to me because they
allow character success to be all the sweeter.
Death is a possibility and threat. The greats heroes can die from a stray arrow
on the battlefield. You are mortal and death is a possibility. That being said
I don’t go out of my way to kill you. Player decesions kill players. I will not
fudge numbers or dice rolls. Player preparation and decision making will be the
strongest deterrent to RNG. I also look for relationships the world is bigger than the
players and if we make it through the module I’d like to explore that. The
relationships your characters make are the most interesting thing to me. The
relationships between the players and the npcs. Those relationships will be
tested time and time again. I try to run my games with what I find fun and include other
people’s ideas and stories for a co-operative game. I am doing this for fun. **My world and campaign setting might not be the most politically
correct** I believe that shit people need to exist. That great people need to
have flaws. Racism,sexism and other isms exist. But the opposite is also true.
While the world may have shit people it also has a variety of characters of
many creeds, nations, sexual orientations. My Experience with Roll 20: -
I am not a fan of dynamic lighting or fog of war
I’ve never taken the time to learn to use. (I might play with it this game who
knows) -
I’ve been on here for almost half a decade I’ve
run a lot of games but not any D&D games so will be learning my way through
the sheets with you. -
I do not use any special API scripts or tables, I
prefer the virtual tabletop experience vs the computer game to tabletop
variance. Selection Process: I am In no rush to fill the game. I plan to take my time and
try to pick the people I think will fit with both my personality and each
other. Please just make a post stating your
interest and offer up anything you might find relevant. After people post I
will do my best to respond to each post either rejecting or asking you for a
time/day we can talk on discord. On Discord we will talk along with any other
people who have selected. We will than have a mini rp session 30min to an hour
long so we see a glimpse of each others style/rp. From there we will each make
our respective decision. What You Need: -Discord
-Working Mic
-Committed to showing up on the time we agree on. Any no show / no advance
warning of no showing will be dropped from the game. Emergencies do happen and exceptions
will be made for emergencies only. - I will be recording the sessions for review. It is highly unlikely I will post them anywhere but I will be recording them none the less. I - Some where in your post confirm whether you read the above
post or not.
*Mal’s Note – tried to be as honest and through in my post
to set proper expectations if you read it all thank you.
