Game: D&D 5e
Group type: Online
Experience: 3 years of DMing 5e, before that about 5 years of various homebrew systems
Timezone: gmt+2
Schedule: weekly, the day is not fix yet, but probably wednesdays or thursdays 6pm to 10pm
Roles sought: 2 Players of any experience level. Newcomers welcome <3
Game style: laid back. we're here to enjoy the game and don't need to rush anything.

What is this game?

This game will be loosely based on Candlekeep Mysteries. Candlekeep Mysteries is a published adventure anthology of 17 standalone adventures. Each one starts with a book the players come across, that leads them into a mystery/adventure. The adventure will start at level 1 and will finish at level 16.

And then I added more gay (so much gay) and feminism. (There were too many dead wives in the original.) I connected the adventures a bit more to each other and will add things from the PCs backstories into them as well. (You may or may not come across your childhood rival or whatever you have, on one or more of these adventures ^^)

In this gayme the players either live in or close to the "First Library". Sometimes called "The First" or simply "The Library", it is the biggest collection of books, scrolls and tomes in the world. It's functionally more like a small town though, with an inn, a tavern, a temple and a general store.

The gayme will feature a few weeks of downtime between each of the individual adventures. During that the player characters can do whatever they please and even go onto completely different adventures of their own motivation. All in all I plan for the whole adventure to take about 2 years of time in game.

On a technical side, the game will be using either Roll20 or FoundryVTT. We'll be using Discord for the calls, a server is already set up. Video chat will be encouraged, but is not necessary. I will have my video on in any case though. It's so much easier to describe things for me, when everyone can see my gesturing.

Who am I?

Hi, I'm Risa, a white transfem enby from Germany and my pronouns are she/fae/they. 💚

I've been DMing for 3 years now and this is the first time that I am running a published adventure. Before DnD I ran various very bad, but very fun homebrew ttrpg systems for about 5 years.

I used to play a lot of video games, mostly rpgs, but nowadays I spend most of my time playing/running ttrpgs. Occasionally I will draw some stuff, though I haven't had too much practice yet.

I always try my best to make sure that everyone has a good time at my table. I want to build a safe space for my players where we all can just relax and play a game together and not fear to get misgendered or otherwise be made uncomfortable.

Racism, sexism, queerphobia, ableism etc. have no space at my table. I try my best to be inclusive to everyone but I am not perfect and I have biases. If you see me say or do something that's problematic then please point that out, so I can learn from it and change.

What can you expect from the game?

• Hopefully a good time ^^
• A place were you will get to see your character grow and really experience their story.
• A mix of maybe 50% roleplay and then 25% of each exploration and combat.
• Tone-wise this game could maybe be compared to shows like She-Ra, Steven Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra. Meaning, there will be some tough things and some dark moments, but in general it will be more of a light hearted good time.
• Apart from the game itself I would like to build a community. I would love for this group to feel not like "we play dnd once a week and don't talk in between" but more like a group of friends where we just hang out and chat and also play dnd once a week.
• This game will be a perfect playground for anyone who just loves to think about their character all the time. If you make pintrest boards or playlists or mood boards or any other thing that relates to your character, this will be the place for you! (None of that is required though, no pressure there <3)
• Another thing about this game is that most NPCs will use they/them, she/her or neo-pronouns. People with he/him pronouns are very rare. (I have to play one of those every day at work, don't really want that in my hobby.) Of course if there are he/him characters from your character's backstory that's fine. There will also be some people with he/him pronouns, but those will either be the most flamboyant extra people out there or something like cishet white man villians.
• Oh yeah and every person in this world is queer and/or trans unless stated otherwise. <3

What is expected of you as a player?

• Respect people's pronouns.
  I feel like I shouldn't have to say this when I advertise for LGBTQ+ peeps, but sadly I have encountered people with they/them pronouns who misgendered pretty much everyone and refused to learn. (Not gonna be a thing at my table!)
• If you can't make it to a session, then please tell us. Nobody will get angry if you can't make it. IRL always comes first. So please tell us if you can't make it or are going to be a little late. It's all well, friend. Life is hard and complicated, we get you.
• The last one is not a hard rule, because I know how busy we all can get:
  Please try to be at least a little active between sessions. We'll have a channel with some fun questions to answer about your character and optional text RP if you're up for that and more. Like I said above, I would love if this could be more than a just game, but that only works if peeps are at least somewhat active ^^

How do you join this game?

First of all, thank you for reading this far <3

1. Fill out the form that's listed below ^^
2. I would like to talk to everyone for about a week in text and voice before deciding on who to add as a player. This is simply so that we both can get to know each other a little better and see if we'd get along. Chances are that if we get along, you'll also get along with the other players. ^^
3. If we do get along we can really start working on character creation.
4. Then there'll be a session 0 with everyone together. That'll probably be in the end of August or start of September.
5. And then it's gayme timeeeeee <3

What about character creation?

We'll mostly figure all that out in conversation ^^

For the start you only need an simple idea for a character and we'll figure out the details later, when we both actually know that we'll play together. No need for you to delve deep into character creation when in the end you don't end up playing in the game. I think that's only fair.

For those ideas: Everything official is allowed. For Homebrew and UA we'll need to talk about it.

Anything, but especially ancestries can be customised btw, we just gotta talk about it. You wanna be a gnome-aarakocra? Sure! You wanna be a goblin-aasimar? Absolutely!

Furthermore some of the racial features will depend more on the culture that your character is from and less on who your character's parents are. Example "Dwarven Stonecunning": A dwarf who grew up in a small fishing village made of wooden houses probably knows much more about fishing and woodworking than masonry. Or if you are an elf who grew up in a desert. You might not have darkvision then, but perhaps have fire or cold resistance. Or maybe advantage on saving throws against dehydration.

I see the info on "races" in the books more as guidelines than actual rules.

What about you?

Please fill out the following ⬇️ (if you don't want to post this publicly, send me a DM ^^)

Name(s):

Pronouns:

Age (range):

Time zone:

How much DnD experience you have:

What you like in a game:

What you don't like in a game:

A little bit about you:

I love everything about this. Thank you for reaching out to me on my post. I would love to join this.

Name: Devon

Pronouns: He/him (or they/them, I'm fine with either)

Age: 28

Time zone: GMT+2

Dnd experience: none, complete beginner

What you like in a game: While I haven't played yet, I've watched 'actual play' videos on youtube, and I tend to enjoy ones that are not too strict on rules, more focused on everyone having fun and are a little homebrew. Like what you mention about character creation. There are things about standard dnd that never made sense to me, like any dwarf just inately knowing Stonecutting, even if it doesn't make sense based on where they grew up or their own personal history.

What you don't like in a game: Games that focus too much on combat over roleplay don't sound as much fun to me. I mean, what I don't like in a game is probably pretty much the opposite of 99% of what you've described your game would be like.

About me: As I mentioned in my own post, I'm a gay trans man. I love fantasy stories. Sci-fi too, but I lean more towards fantasy. In video game terms, I prefer Dragon Age over Mass Effect, but I like both. I used to do martial arts (for about 11 or so years) but quit about 1 year and a half ago because the teacher's attitude was getting worse. I like to drink matcha (green tea) in the morning with my breakfast. English is not my native language, but I like to think I'm quite good at it. And that's about all I can think of right now.

hi

Hi!! I adore this!!

Name: Laika or Nitro

Pronouns: Any Pronouns!

Age: 19

Time zone: EST

How much DnD experience you have: A few years worth, all as a player!

What you like in a game: I love love love roleplaying!! I greatly enjoy just talking to people and having fun with it, but I also like combat a lot.

What you don't like in a game: I'm not a huge fan of dungeon crawls and fighting for fighting's sake.

A little bit about you: I'm bisexual, aromantic, and genderqueer! I enjoy TTRPGs, roleplaying in general, and cartoons! I'm disabled and might not be able to make every session due to chronic pain and fatigue, but I will try my best! I also sometimes have difficulty speaking/communicating (thank you autism) but usually can get my point across, so please be patient!

For communication, I'm most active on discord, @hybrid signal#2559

Name(s): Femke

Pronouns: she/her

Age (range): 23

Time zone: GMT+2

How much DnD experience you have: none, I've been learning and watching video's and I have a basic set

What you like in a game: I really love roleplaying so far, I used to roleplay fanfiction wise so I know how to do that and it seems very similar.  I've been reading different classes and watching a shit load of critical role.

A little about me: I am lesbian and have an unhealthy obsession when it comes to plants.  I've been interested in D&D for about a year now but never been brave enough to play it. I recently bought a starter kit and since then my excitement has grown. I love games such as TLOU ME:LE and Uncharted. I also am a sports climber and am currently in my last year of nursing school.  I am also really happy that this is a LGBTQ+ group to be honest.

My discord is: firebreathing*****queen#5103

Name(s): Martin

Pronouns: He/him

Age (range): 36

Time zone: GMT+2

How much DnD experience you have: Played swedish rpgs in my teens and pick it up agian this spring with some D&D3.5. Haven't played 5E but read a lot and looked at tutorials online and feel quite comfortable with how the rules works.

What you like in a game: I like roleplay and character driven play. Combat is fun and I love me some "heroic" battle and being a "hero" in some sence but not brute force I like the combat and exploration to be role played and not a stright up board game. Your 50/25/25% sound like a god fit. Escapism. Like the idea of going in to queer game and roleplay something I'm not and try that out. Might need some help not to steer to far off but I think it would be a lot of fun.

What you don't like in a game: Horror just for being a horrific, sexualviolence and misogynistic but you seem to have that covered.

A little bit about you: Calm, easy going in one way but ridgid in my daily routines like how to put the dish in the dishwasher. Engineer turned teacher. Wants to dive into a fantasy world :)

sent you a pm last night <3

hey everyone, y'all are so sweet for applying to my game

but unfortunately i got so many replies that i have been fairly overwhelmed with them

(and i'm also really sorry for forgetting to close this thread, i didn't think anyone would apply still D: )