I am looking for a paid DM for 5e and as a long term arrangement. The core group of players have been playing together since high school -- now all in mid 40s. Our group had an excellent relationship with a paid DM for the last 5 years. It went better than I would have thought possible during that span, but her new job requires that she is on call all the time; she can no longer accommodate our time requirements and has to cancel more often than not when we do get something on the calendar. I believe she would be available as a reference though if you want to ask questions about working with us and how the paid DM thing went over time. I would just need her permission to reveal her name so you could contact her with a DM or e-mail -- I have no doubt she would grant that permission. I am just being sensitive to her privacy. Would likely be 4 players though the retiring DM might also occasionally join us in a cameo roll bringing total to five. There is another player that might join at some time on a more permanent basis, bringing core to 5 -- but I think that would be a ways down the road. Time slot would be Wednesday nights starting at 7:30 or 8:00 CST and playing until 10:30 CST. Would strongly prefer to keep that time slot if we can. Initially, we would play every other week at that time with the possibility that in the future it would move to weekly (I started DMing a campaign for the off weeks when previous paid DM requested to move to biweekly in an effort to not give things up entirely.) I think we would mostly likely want to play Wizards 5e campaigns and modules, but we are open to suggestions. We have played already Lost Mines, Hoard, Tiamat. I am currently DMing Storm King's Thunder. I also want the game arranged so that if only one player is missing, the game continues with the missing player's character run either by DM or players attending. This will require written notes/synopsis of some sort that would be shared after each session. Cancellations would occur only if DM or two players are unavailable. The hope is to severely limit the number of off nights. Let me know if you are interested in applying. Fee is negotiable. Payment is guaranteed by me and is not dependent on multiple parties paying you. I pay the whole fee each time. Time slot is less negotiable but I can ask the group if you are just that awesome a DM. Too many people have to weigh in on that to make changing it easy. I will likely want to arrange participation in one of your games as an "interview" prior to hiring you. General Expectations: You should be a pro user and have access to at least the core materials in your own compendium. I own the materials, but the other players do not. You should be familiar with Macros and API. While I won't opine about the manner in which you run your games to make them fun and expeditious, you should have some working knowledge of the tools available to speed and improve play. (I am happy to provide the full list scripts and features we are accustomed to seeing if that helps, though from a player perspective I can say the big three are probably 5eOGL, tracker jacker and aura health colors. While the players are mostly unaware of it, current GM uses a lot of token mod as well) You should have experience running 5e packaged modules previously -- a plus would be having run the exact module before where the majority of preparation has already been completed. Thanks, Hunter
