[Online] [Flexible] [4pm UTC Saturdays] Group of Players looking to expand and find a new GM!

Hey! I'm Dom, one of the long time players and sometimes DM for our group of over 11 people who love a myriad of RPGs. Our long time GM, who runs things from DnD 5e, VTM and even home-brew games is wanting to actually play with us instead of always having to DM! (Shocker!) So we are looking to expand our group to find another long term GM. We are all very dedicated players who just finished a 3 year long campaign in a DnD world. We have a variety of experience levels, from brand-new players to veterans.

Here is a note from our long time GM, to get a sense of who we are as a group and how we normally approach the different games.

Hello,

Right off bat I'll state what we're looking for, and who's looking for it. We are looking for someone to run our next long-term ttrpg, whether it be D&D, VtM, or otherwise.

“We” refers to a whole group of 11 people, however only as many as 5 would be playing. We range from people in their early 30s, and mid to early 20s and are of various identities and experiences. We are welcome to all and more in our group, and do not tolerate discrimination or hate.

So, with that out of the way, Hey, I'm Z, the previous primary DM for this group. I would like to step aside in a way that would let me play as a player with my people, and perhaps welcome a new and exciting take on storytelling to the group that we can all enjoy. To not drag this out beyond personal messages, here's our primary group archetype:

We are a mix of time Zones, some of us live in America, others in Scotland and the UK. In general I feel we have all settled on a close to or around 18:00 UTC.
We take the story above mechanics, which is to say that while many of us are well versed in some games such as D&D, we adhere to the rules as far as they serve the narrative. Over the years we've made many rules decisions that many who subscribe heavily to the rules integrity would pull their hair out hearing, but it was fun, and made everything memorable and meaningful.

All of us talk heavily in character, and can take easily 30 minutes in a meaningful Role Play moment. We respond best to narrative guidance when being nudged to move the scene along, and take our characters stories and motivations seriously. Some of us have accents or can change our accents to fit characters, some of us are pretty good at changing vocal tones and acting in our characters. All this to say, it isn't necessary to change your voice for the character, but we all do because we think it's fun.

When people hear, “We're Role Play focused.” Usually they think those people aren't entirely interested in combat. Could not be further from the truth with us, some of us need it in our games, some of us could play the whole game without ever rolling initiatives. A good balance fits us best, not over-saturating either side.

Ultimately, we're very communicative, and share our goods and bads at the end of each game so as to make sure everyone stays invested.

With that information out of the way, if you're interested in joining our group, please send me a DM or add me on Discord - d.graves with the following questions answered. Keep in mind that we may ask you to run a one shot/ something similar to get a feeling for how you DM down the line as well.

What got you into being a GM/DM?

Are you cool?

Do you make your players feel all emotions/ make us cry? (Another phrase for it: do you add emotional stakes or weight to your games?)

What is your favorite moment you have had during a DnD game?

Hope to hear form you soon!

This is an interesting proposition as I have had an inkling to get back into the swing of things, namely DM'ing.

But before getting ahead of myself, I did have one main question/concern though.

The other six people in this group, what are they doing during sessions if there will only be five players? (Do they serve as the peanut gallery? Or is there some sort of revolving seat system you guys have, swapping who plays what character every so often?)

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We do have some people in the group who enjoy listening in on the games we do from time to time, but mostly, no. The other people are just from the same group of friends, we do other things in the server, such as movies, gaming etc. We won't be swapping out anyone or that from the games, whoever doesn't end up in the game will just be doing their own thing really while being part of the discord, kinda just how it works, so you're under no abligation for anything else. Of course the goal and reason for this is to hopefully bring in not only a new DM into our group of friends, but also a new friend in there as well in that DM. Hopefully that answered your question.

Ahh okay. Yes, that does answer my question, thank you. Not to sound haughty in anyway but I would like to sleep on this, and see if it's something that's right for me as of now as the last thing I would want to do is commit now and bow out after a session or two haha.

If after thinking things through, I may very well reach out to you guys with a more formal offer/application!

Hey everyone,

Are you open to paid games?

They unfriended us, so, we dont think so... xD