Game: D&D 5e Group type: Online Experience: First timers! Location/Timezone: Primarily EST Schedule: Monday 4pm EST - 9pm EST, Friday 12noon EST - 4pm EST, Saturday 10am EST - 2pm EST (Some flexibility and open to discussion) Roles sought: DM Game style: No idea! Preferably looking for the classic experience as this is all of our first time actually playing the game.
Greetings! We are a group of 6 first timers looking for an experienced DM to help us learn and experience this new medium of entertainment. We are a long time group of friends who understand the basic concept of DnD but are daunted by how vast the game appears to be.
Being a group of newbies we would be looking for a DM that is capable of being (very) patient with us and willing to show us how to get the most from this experience. I have been lurking on these forums over the course of the last week and I understand that sometimes a DM may require financial incentive for their services - this is something we are open to discussion about.
Obviously we are not really sure what websites are commonly used when playing a campaign (Roll20? seems to be mentioned often) and are open to any suggestions.
We are all eager to learn and hopefully my rambling post isn't too off-putting.
Please get in contact with me on discord @Eeyan#0013 if you are interested - or have any questions / concerns. Thank you!
Hello! Just to give you a bit of info that you seemed to be seeking in your post:
There are many different ways to play D&D online.
Some people just use Roll20 for everything. The plus side is that it has an inbuilt VTT (virtual table top) that is pretty good. The downside to this is that a lot of what you need to do is manual, which can be overwhelming for new players, and the orientation/UI is a bit daunting. My first experience playing was on Roll20 and I found it was very difficult. Keep in mind there may be Roll20 tricks I don't know since I'm not as familiar with it, having only used it a handful of times. One method I do know is to make your character sheet on D&D Beyond, then use an extension called Beyond20 that connects it to your Roll20 campaign, so you can do everything character-sheet-related on D&D Beyond if you find that easier. Roll20 does have what's called a charactermancer that lets you select your choices from a list and then uses those to fill out your character sheet for you, but you may still need to make manual additions as your game progresses (if you acquire new items that give stat bonuses, for example), which I just found to be a bit confusing, but I'm sure with practice it would be fine. A lot of people really like it.
Soon after that, I played on D&D Beyond for the first time and found it infinitely easier, as so much is done for you automatically, which allows new players to just focus on the basics of game dynamics without having to worry about all the background calculations. As far as character creation goes, there is an option to display beginner tips for additional info to help walk you through the process of making a character (although getting help from someone who knows what they're doing is always a plus, and your DM likely won't require every single step to be completed anyway.) The downside to D&D Beyond is that it doesn't have a built in VTT like Roll20 does, but there is an extension called AboveVTT that provides this for you. I use this in two weekly campaigns I'm in and it's great, and they do update it and make it better - in fact, they just added a really useful feature this past week.
Sometimes you'll see a mix and match, where DMs request character sheets be done on D&D Beyond, but use Roll20 for the VTT. Nothing wrong with that as their VTT is pretty good, and it's no extra work for players - just join two campaign links instead of one and have two tabs open.
There are other alternatives where games are hosted - like Foundry, for one - but I've not used them so I can't give accurate info on them.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. I'm always happy to help new players. :) Good luck!
I'd be open to host a one-shot, a one-time session, to introduce your group to D&D. Just a singular session where you learn the basic rules, get exposed to the three pillars of play, and try to figure out the kind of game you enjoy playing. I sadly don't have the time the run a full campaign.
Game: D&D 5e
Group type: Online
Experience: First timers!
Location/Timezone: Primarily EST
Schedule: Monday 4pm EST - 9pm EST, Friday 12noon EST - 4pm EST, Saturday 10am EST - 2pm EST (Some flexibility and open to discussion)
Roles sought: DM
Game style: No idea! Preferably looking for the classic experience as this is all of our first time actually playing the game.
Greetings! We are a group of 6 first timers looking for an experienced DM to help us learn and experience this new medium of entertainment. We are a long time group of friends who understand the basic concept of DnD but are daunted by how vast the game appears to be.
Being a group of newbies we would be looking for a DM that is capable of being (very) patient with us and willing to show us how to get the most from this experience. I have been lurking on these forums over the course of the last week and I understand that sometimes a DM may require financial incentive for their services - this is something we are open to discussion about.
Obviously we are not really sure what websites are commonly used when playing a campaign (Roll20? seems to be mentioned often) and are open to any suggestions.
We are all eager to learn and hopefully my rambling post isn't too off-putting.
Please get in contact with me on discord @Eeyan#0013 if you are interested - or have any questions / concerns. Thank you!
Hello! Just to give you a bit of info that you seemed to be seeking in your post:
There are many different ways to play D&D online.
Some people just use Roll20 for everything. The plus side is that it has an inbuilt VTT (virtual table top) that is pretty good. The downside to this is that a lot of what you need to do is manual, which can be overwhelming for new players, and the orientation/UI is a bit daunting. My first experience playing was on Roll20 and I found it was very difficult. Keep in mind there may be Roll20 tricks I don't know since I'm not as familiar with it, having only used it a handful of times. One method I do know is to make your character sheet on D&D Beyond, then use an extension called Beyond20 that connects it to your Roll20 campaign, so you can do everything character-sheet-related on D&D Beyond if you find that easier. Roll20 does have what's called a charactermancer that lets you select your choices from a list and then uses those to fill out your character sheet for you, but you may still need to make manual additions as your game progresses (if you acquire new items that give stat bonuses, for example), which I just found to be a bit confusing, but I'm sure with practice it would be fine. A lot of people really like it.
Soon after that, I played on D&D Beyond for the first time and found it infinitely easier, as so much is done for you automatically, which allows new players to just focus on the basics of game dynamics without having to worry about all the background calculations. As far as character creation goes, there is an option to display beginner tips for additional info to help walk you through the process of making a character (although getting help from someone who knows what they're doing is always a plus, and your DM likely won't require every single step to be completed anyway.) The downside to D&D Beyond is that it doesn't have a built in VTT like Roll20 does, but there is an extension called AboveVTT that provides this for you. I use this in two weekly campaigns I'm in and it's great, and they do update it and make it better - in fact, they just added a really useful feature this past week.
Sometimes you'll see a mix and match, where DMs request character sheets be done on D&D Beyond, but use Roll20 for the VTT. Nothing wrong with that as their VTT is pretty good, and it's no extra work for players - just join two campaign links instead of one and have two tabs open.
There are other alternatives where games are hosted - like Foundry, for one - but I've not used them so I can't give accurate info on them.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. I'm always happy to help new players. :) Good luck!
I'd be open to host a one-shot, a one-time session, to introduce your group to D&D.
Just a singular session where you learn the basic rules, get exposed to the three pillars of play, and try to figure out the kind of game you enjoy playing.
I sadly don't have the time the run a full campaign.