I am putting together a group to play the Tyranny of Dragons
Campaign for D&D 5e. This campaign will be a long-term campaign, consisting
of at least 15 levels of play. We will play every week on Thursday from 6pm
till 9pm EST. Occasionally I may have a Thursday that’s not available; when
that happens we will try to play on Wednesday instead. Please let me know when
you apply if you’re available on Wednesday as well (same time). Wednesday
availability is a plus, but not a requirement. I may be willing to extend the
sessions to 4 hours (6-10pm), so let me know if that’s doable for you as well.
Please do not apply until you’ve read this entire post.
If you have had ANY experience with either Hoard of the
Dragon Queen or Rise of Tiamat, please do not apply. This includes running any of the
adventures, playing any of the adventures, reading any of the adventures, or
even reading a detailed review of any of the adventures.
I will be using a combination of Google Hangouts On Air and
Roll20 for this campaign. We will be playing Theater of the Mind, so
miniatures and grids will be avoided unless I decide they’re absolutely
necessary for a given encounter. Please be familiar with using both platforms. You
don’t have to be a master, though, we can work out any bugs during the
character creation session.
I will be streaming the play sessions and making them
available on YouTube. Because of this there are the following requirements: You must use a webcam. You must use a headset or earbuds
to avoid echo. You must be able to play in a quiet
environment. No screaming babies, barking dogs, police sirens, etc. If at any time there is noise in
your environment, you must mute yourself when not speaking. You must be comfortable with
appearing on a livestream and YouTube. Your participation signifies your
consent to be recorded and livestreamed without compensation.
In addition to the above
considerations, I also have the following requirements of my players: You must be able to consistently
make game sessions at the scheduled time. If for some reason you can’t make a
particular session, you must give me as much notice as possible. You must show up to sessions on
time. Players who are consistently late
or absent will be replaced. You must be willing to participate
on the campaign forum, Google+ group, etc. We will have discussions (in and out
of character) on these platforms between sessions. I want players who will
actually participate. You must be willing to roleplay; this
includes roleplaying your background, personality traits, ideals, bonds, etc. You must be willing to commit to a
long-term campaign that will last for at least 15 levels of play.
I’ve had a lot of experience running multiple versions of
D&D (2e, 3.0, 3.5), but this will be my first time running 5e. I'm hoping to get a good group together that can play D&D together for a long time. I hope to make some new friends and have some good times! I'm really not as much of a hard-ass as this may sound; I've just learned to be up-front with expectations.
New players are welcome.
The campaign takes place along the Sword Coast in the
Forgotten Realms. Any of the races and classes in the PHB are allowed. However,
I’d like to avoid people doubling up on classes. We will nail down who’s
playing what once I’ve selected the players, but I’d still like to know what
races and classes you’re interested in.
This campaign will be challenging. It is very likely that
your character may die if you make bad decisions, or if you get unlucky. I
highly recommend someone play a cleric, and a bard wouldn’t be a terrible thing
to have around either, but I’m not going to tell people what to play.
You will have three options to generate your stats—you can
use the standard array, the point buy method, or roll for your stats, all using
the rules in the PHB. If you roll for your stats, it’s a true gamble. You must
roll them with me present in Roll20, and you must take what you roll if you go
that route, even if you end up with worse stats than you would’ve had with the
array. I am not planning on having any houserules at this time, however I will allow the variant for humans (where you can get a feat, etc. at first level). You don't have to have the PHB to play. You can get by with the free PDFs, however your race and class selection will be more limited.
If you are interested in applying for this game, please
respond and let me know if you’re available for Wednesdays as well and if you’d
be available as late as 10pm EST. Also let me know what type of character you’d
like to play (the character type isn’t set in stone, just to give me an idea).
Also tell me a little bit about your roleplaying history—what games you’ve
played, what games you like, and what types of gameplay you like (combat,
social interaction, investigation, exploration, etc.).
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I’m looking for
five players.