D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

[HaroldTheHobbit]

I am blessed with players that enjoy deep roleplaying not focused on outlier races or skin suits. So I end up with human-centric parties with the odd Tolkien race. Which is how I prefer it as GM, so all is well. And yes, we’re old.

 

[Epic Meepo]

If nothing else, this thread has convinced me that if I ever end up recruiting strangers to play in a pick-up game I'm running, I'm going to audition both the players and their proposed characters before accepting anyone into the group.

 

[Hussar]

If nothing else, this thread has convinced me that if I ever end up recruiting strangers to play in a pick-up game I'm running, I'm going to audition both the players and their proposed characters before accepting anyone into the group.

Having played online for a long time, yeah, it's not unreasonable. I used to be a "hey, you want to play? Come on in?" kind of host. I got burned so many times that now, I am very particular about who I game with. I am far more likely to walk away from a group than I was, for sure. And, when talking to prospective new players, I really do try to outline expectations.

It makes sense really. We're going to be spending dozens, if not hundreds of hours together doing something. We really should try to make sure that everyone is at least close to being on the same page.