Oryan77
Adventurer
Hey, I'm Ryan and I DM a 3.5 Planescape game in the South Bay (Santa Clara area) or East Bay (Livermore area).
I'm looking for 1 to 3 new players to join our group so we can get more game time in (we don't play as often as I'd like). I try to shoot for at least 2 Saturdays a month (from about 1PM-Midnight) but that's just not happening...curse my players for having personal lives! Also, if you have a place to play, we are willing to meet there if the environment is presentable. That might help if the distance is a problem for you, but it must be either South or East Bay (no farther north than Fremont).
The ideal player would be:
Between 20-30 y/o
Enjoy roleplaying, character growth, and being creative
Have a sense of humor, very laid back, social, & enjoyable to be around
Have good hygiene & won’t be annoying
Drinking is cool if you can handle your alcohol but no drugs around us
Not a rules lawyer but willing to help out with rules when it's needed
Put the storyline first and mechanics second
Non argumentative (unless it's reasonable of course...I'm not always right & I don’t know everything)
No experience needed but willing to learn & read on your own time
Doesn’t think of outside game discussion/research as “homework” or boring
Able to attend most sessions & can handle playing for many hours in a day
Doesn’t live a controversial lifestyle
About us & the campaign:
We live in the South Bay (Santa Clara area) & East Bay (Livermore area)
DM - me, 27 y/o – 3 years on & off DM’ing experience & 2 years player experience
Player 1 – female (my gf) 22 y/o – 1 year player experience
Player 2 - male 33 y/o & his 2 sons – 2 years player experience
Son 1 - 16 y/o – 6 month player experience
Son 2 - 14 y/o – 6 month player experience
We are all very down to earth no-nonsense people. Overly sensitive personalities probably wouldn’t fit into our group. We like to laugh and joke about everything and we are the type to get along with other fun & friendly people.
Our problem is that when the father can't show up, I'm out 3 players because his sons can't show up. I'm thinking about making his sons alternate players who will join a session only if you or the others can’t show up. I try to keep the game at least 4 players large, & no more than 6 (but even 6 is pushing it). The more players the less I can focus on individuals.
I run a Planescape 3.5 campaign set pre Faction Wars and a bit of Forgotten Realms fluff mixed in. The players are all 6th lvl. I do allow races from any other WoTC setting as long as we have the book for it. I stick mainly to WoTC products to use in my game. I run published adventures (mostly converted older editions) but I tweak them to fit our game. I also run side quests occasionally for individual players and I usually make those up. As a DM I’m always trying to improve my skills in roleplaying, storytelling, & knowing rules. We’ve been playing fairly steadily for the last year and it had been such a long time since I played before that I’ve had to get back into the groove of things. That’s why I’d like to play more often than we do because I don’t feel that I’m getting enough practice at DM’ing.
My style is a mixture of everything. I love story twists, romance, some vileness, humor, & creative characters. I try to include all forms of adventures taking place in all forms of environments. I love variety! I build off of the players, so when they are thinking outside the box & playing extremely well it helps me play even better and provide a better game. We don’t use accented voices when playing but I may use voice patterns sometimes to give the impression of who you’re interacting with (using accented voices weirds me out). Magic shops are rare but you can find potion vendors in most towns or merchants willing to buy your items (they may even have random items for sale that they’ve bought from other adventurers). I don’t stick to the rules guidelines all the time so characters may be more powerful in some areas and weaker in others due to equipment I’ve handed out or lack thereof. I do try to be fair though and will compensate for any problems. I try to use an equal amount of roleplaying & combat (along with traps/puzzles) but I'd like more players that like to roleplay a lot to balance out the group more.
I use a slower level progression XP chart that is more like the 1e/2e progression. This is because I like the feel of living your characters lives & bonding with him instead of just maxing him out and becoming epic lvl quickly and rolling up new ones. I give roleplaying XP and adventure completion XP along with encounter XP. So I’d like players who are long term and would like to make new friends. Besides this, I don’t use many house rules at all.
I’m a little hesitant about meeting someone simply to play D&D with so I guess I’m just testing the waters here. This is because I’m the type that always has the “strange” person approach me in public & strike up a conversation. I’m a completely normal guy so I don’t know why this type flocks to me. I’m also worried that I’ll meet someone that I won’t feel comfortable playing with and I definitely don’t want to be in an awkward position & hurt someone’s feelings by telling them that they won’t fit in. If my game sounds good and you think you'd be a good fit, and I haven’t scared you away, then shoot me an email and we can first get to know each other online. Then if we get good vibes from one another, we can go from there. Feel free to ask me ANY questions too. I’m a very understanding and respectable person and I’d like to make you feel as comfortable around us as we’d like to feel around you. Thanks for reading my huge message!
email:
oryan1977 at yahoo.com
I'm looking for 1 to 3 new players to join our group so we can get more game time in (we don't play as often as I'd like). I try to shoot for at least 2 Saturdays a month (from about 1PM-Midnight) but that's just not happening...curse my players for having personal lives! Also, if you have a place to play, we are willing to meet there if the environment is presentable. That might help if the distance is a problem for you, but it must be either South or East Bay (no farther north than Fremont).
The ideal player would be:
Between 20-30 y/o
Enjoy roleplaying, character growth, and being creative
Have a sense of humor, very laid back, social, & enjoyable to be around
Have good hygiene & won’t be annoying
Drinking is cool if you can handle your alcohol but no drugs around us
Not a rules lawyer but willing to help out with rules when it's needed
Put the storyline first and mechanics second
Non argumentative (unless it's reasonable of course...I'm not always right & I don’t know everything)
No experience needed but willing to learn & read on your own time
Doesn’t think of outside game discussion/research as “homework” or boring
Able to attend most sessions & can handle playing for many hours in a day
Doesn’t live a controversial lifestyle
About us & the campaign:
We live in the South Bay (Santa Clara area) & East Bay (Livermore area)
DM - me, 27 y/o – 3 years on & off DM’ing experience & 2 years player experience
Player 1 – female (my gf) 22 y/o – 1 year player experience
Player 2 - male 33 y/o & his 2 sons – 2 years player experience
Son 1 - 16 y/o – 6 month player experience
Son 2 - 14 y/o – 6 month player experience
We are all very down to earth no-nonsense people. Overly sensitive personalities probably wouldn’t fit into our group. We like to laugh and joke about everything and we are the type to get along with other fun & friendly people.
Our problem is that when the father can't show up, I'm out 3 players because his sons can't show up. I'm thinking about making his sons alternate players who will join a session only if you or the others can’t show up. I try to keep the game at least 4 players large, & no more than 6 (but even 6 is pushing it). The more players the less I can focus on individuals.
I run a Planescape 3.5 campaign set pre Faction Wars and a bit of Forgotten Realms fluff mixed in. The players are all 6th lvl. I do allow races from any other WoTC setting as long as we have the book for it. I stick mainly to WoTC products to use in my game. I run published adventures (mostly converted older editions) but I tweak them to fit our game. I also run side quests occasionally for individual players and I usually make those up. As a DM I’m always trying to improve my skills in roleplaying, storytelling, & knowing rules. We’ve been playing fairly steadily for the last year and it had been such a long time since I played before that I’ve had to get back into the groove of things. That’s why I’d like to play more often than we do because I don’t feel that I’m getting enough practice at DM’ing.
My style is a mixture of everything. I love story twists, romance, some vileness, humor, & creative characters. I try to include all forms of adventures taking place in all forms of environments. I love variety! I build off of the players, so when they are thinking outside the box & playing extremely well it helps me play even better and provide a better game. We don’t use accented voices when playing but I may use voice patterns sometimes to give the impression of who you’re interacting with (using accented voices weirds me out). Magic shops are rare but you can find potion vendors in most towns or merchants willing to buy your items (they may even have random items for sale that they’ve bought from other adventurers). I don’t stick to the rules guidelines all the time so characters may be more powerful in some areas and weaker in others due to equipment I’ve handed out or lack thereof. I do try to be fair though and will compensate for any problems. I try to use an equal amount of roleplaying & combat (along with traps/puzzles) but I'd like more players that like to roleplay a lot to balance out the group more.
I use a slower level progression XP chart that is more like the 1e/2e progression. This is because I like the feel of living your characters lives & bonding with him instead of just maxing him out and becoming epic lvl quickly and rolling up new ones. I give roleplaying XP and adventure completion XP along with encounter XP. So I’d like players who are long term and would like to make new friends. Besides this, I don’t use many house rules at all.
I’m a little hesitant about meeting someone simply to play D&D with so I guess I’m just testing the waters here. This is because I’m the type that always has the “strange” person approach me in public & strike up a conversation. I’m a completely normal guy so I don’t know why this type flocks to me. I’m also worried that I’ll meet someone that I won’t feel comfortable playing with and I definitely don’t want to be in an awkward position & hurt someone’s feelings by telling them that they won’t fit in. If my game sounds good and you think you'd be a good fit, and I haven’t scared you away, then shoot me an email and we can first get to know each other online. Then if we get good vibes from one another, we can go from there. Feel free to ask me ANY questions too. I’m a very understanding and respectable person and I’d like to make you feel as comfortable around us as we’d like to feel around you. Thanks for reading my huge message!
email:
oryan1977 at yahoo.com
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