[3.5e][LFP] DM needing players

Hello, I'm a dungeon master who has a passion for fantasy. I've written 2 books on the fantasy world I've created and I tend to base the campaign on my writing, but you may never notice because I don't like to railroad or show off plot. I just love the world setting, so I use it often, but sadly, all my friends who played with me for so many years have gone separate ways or are just unable to find a time where we all can meet up. I'll be starting a new campaign and I put a lot of effort into each of my games. I don't expect my players to be some super uptight RP gods and I don't mind if you're new. I love when players joke around, but I do expect you to take certain moments serious in your character RP mindset. I'll be figuring dates, times, and more if/when I gain players and discuss with each of them there preferred times (as I'm flexible), but I do prefer playing every other week. I used to DM a lot, but it's been a while, so I'm a bit rusty. I'm extremely familiar with 3.5e and I plan to convert to 5e one day, but not just yet. If you're interested in playing in my campaign, know it's a high fantasy story where I obviously give you a story, but I never tell you what to do. I'd prefer your characters have there own reason to adventure as I don't like forcing quests or other bull like that down my players throats. I'll be using Discord to communicate. Please leave a comment or msg me with your discord tag or a question about my game :) (We will be starting lvl 1) (I used to host 3 different parties at once because I very much enjoy DMing, so that's why I'm not specifying how many people I'm wanting. If you're interested, simply say so) [Eastern Time Zone]

I have been looking for a 3.5 game ( not path finder just to be on the same page). I have plenty of questions as to what this game might include.  I will also state that I am looking for something at night after 8 PM EST as I am in CST. Thursdays / Friday / Saturday nights are no goes for me. 1) What books do you allow? 2) Do you allow for point buy? 3) Do you do the experience cost for multi classing? 4) How long do you hope this to last?

The Bard Aquatic said: I have been looking for a 3.5 game ( not path finder just to be on the same page). I have plenty of questions as to what this game might include.  I will also state that I am looking for something at night after 8 PM EST as I am in CST. Thursdays / Friday / Saturday nights are no goes for me. 1) What books do you allow? 2) Do you allow for point buy? 3) Do you do the experience cost for multi classing? 4) How long do you hope this to last? Thursday to Saturday will be the most likely times we will be playing :( Once I have enough players (as I plan to host more than one party), if one of them lands on a Sunday or something, that might interest you. (Unless you're interested in afternoon times on those days.) 1.) I allow a lot. I personally use everything from phb to tome of magic, to even the old 3.5e magazines that introduced lore and classes like Dragon Magazines 252 and such. Though, just because I allow a lot doesn't mean I allow everything, but I the only real way I can answer your quest is by saying that I allow things on a case by case basis. It really depends on what I'm willing to allow, because I try to make it as balanced and fun as possible. 2.) I do allow point buy for my groups. I usually ask for the groups preference, some groups I allow a combo, but 99.98% of the time, I leave it up to the players. (I used to host a lot of games) 3.) Oh god no. The multi-class rule for experience is god awful. it makes it completely unplayable and I have never and never will use that system. If you multi-class, I do give you full XP and don't require you to stay within the stupid rule level requirement. 4.) I've had campaigns last from level 1 to 19 (I still want to run a group to epic one day, just to take that off my bucket list) and I've run 1-3 level games. If my group is happy together and enjoys there characters after 3-6 secession, I usually host the campaign for multiple months.

Well Thursday night is a no go because I have another game. Friday night is a maybe but it would have to be after 7:30 CST / 8:30 EST. I have a bi weekly Saturday game that runs late so that is out. Sunday afternoon is also a maybe but it depends on how long you plan for a session to run. So still count me as interested.

The Bard Aquatic said: Well Thursday night is a no go because I have another game. Friday night is a maybe but it would have to be after 7:30 CST / 8:30 EST. I have a bi weekly Saturday game that runs late so that is out. Sunday afternoon is also a maybe but it depends on how long you plan for a session to run. So still count me as interested. Great, I'll mark you down as interested and give you an updated time on when the game will be to see if it aligns with your times :)

Yeah please keep me in the loop as finding a 3.5 game hasn't been easy. I am eagerly craving something that goes on into the high levels. Heck I would like to play in an epic campaign as I have never done it before.

The Bard Aquatic said: Yeah please keep me in the loop as finding a 3.5 game hasn't been easy. I am eagerly craving something that goes on into the high levels. Heck I would like to play in an epic campaign as I have never done it before. AYYYY, it's good to know that is something you're looking for. My highest level game (took nearly a year)  went from 1-19, but it's a major goal of mine to one day find a fun party to go to epic levels.

Well the highest level I reached was with my druid and that was 14th level; so I am hoping to play something higher than that. If you allow for some home brew then I have an idea for a bard that I might run in this game.

This sounds great but I have a few questions.  Do you expect players to optimize or do you prefer players to come up with interesting character concepts?  I have been playing for over a decade and the whole uber power gaming munchkin character just isn't fun anymore so I am looking for a game where we can all have fun and not have to worry about taking the optimal race,feat, class or etc.  Its just really hard to find a quality game that isn't just hack/slash nonsense on roll 20 it seems so since you are so invested in your world I think this might be a great game to jump into. Schedule wise I am EST but I work nights so I can play from midnight to 4 am if that works.  

Hey Lance im an exp 3.5 player and id love to possible join one of ur games. ill msg u my discord tag so we can communicate faster.

I started playing D&D back when 3.0 came about, was in school at the time. And have played very frequently ever since. And as such, i have learned that classes with magic, like spell lists and such is to much for me. But non-magic classes i excel at. I'm especially fond of psionics, espcially the Soulknife, sadl though, it's a tad lackluster in 3.5 as opposed to PF. I'm a Guy from Denmark (timezone is 1 hour ahead of London/UK (GMT+1)) who will offer himself as a cloak'n'dagger (rogue) class. I got no job and thus can more or less attend any game start time. Wednesdays are off limits due to already being part of 2 games. For obvious reasons games that have me play late into the night or into the early hours of the morning will find me slow and sluggish due to lack of sleep. Though, while spells and that extra layer is a bit much, I AM able to pull of a decent ranger too, should that be needed. I often find that Ranged characters are often a lacking aspect of any group, and if they do have any, it's either via magic or some half a**ed attempt. But that is just my experience thus far. So if a Ranged character, with either bows or crossbows are needed for the group, i offer my string for the twang. If i sound like i can be used in one of your games, just toss me a PM and i'll give you both my Steam and Discord info for faster contact. Things i don't ever do is text based games, to slow, to dull. If i want a slow story i'll go grab a book. (Yes, i'm a slow reader.) Neither will i tell you how to conquer Earth - Mainly because i don't know how to, secondly, you'd only fail as bad as classic cartoon villains.

Well it seems that we have at least 3 interested people so that is a start to a party. As for times I could only really do something like 8 EST till 11 or so. Past midnight is a no go since I work in the mornings.

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What would you say if i wanted to play a drow durid raised by humans with a panda animal companion? If not that I'm  thinking hexblade, cursator, ir some other marshal class.

Hello everyone, thank you for your replies! I'm currently hosting 3 games, 12 people total. My game "was" full, but 1 person has unfortunately dropped due to there own personal reasons. I'll be messaging some of you very soon as I try to do a quick screening before I let you into the group. Currently the only time open is an afternoon group biweekly (eastern time). :)

P.S., sadly, I posted on many different websites and this was one of the slowest to respond, so that is why the group filled up so very fast, but if I don't get a chance to speak with you or add you to the game, that doesn't mean people won't drop. Sometimes times don't align, characters don't align, people don't get a long, it's the fucking internet, so shit happens and people drop. You're more than welcome to add me on discord (which I'll post later because I've already gotten so many requests, I need to keep track of 1 person at a time when it come to my 3 groups I'm running) and we can always discuss future games, or in general, we can just discuss really anything (My life isn't just d&d, so games and shit like that) Thank you for being patient and I hope I get to speak to some of you soon!