I am splitting off from the D&D 5th Edition thread so we can use this thread to manage playing the game, and the original thread can focus on discussing 5E in general.
Hi, I’m Rob O’Boston, and I am your local Quartertothree Dungeon Master. I ran a 4E D&D game for a long time for folks here (awesome folks), and later I ran a Dungeon Crawl Classics game for some of the same folks, and some new folks (also awesome folks). I most recently ran a game of Savage Worlds for a short time, before a League of Legends addiction derailed it. Now I am back and excited about the newest edition of D&D, the back to basics, yet sleek and stylish, 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. It is all the rage this summer, and this is your chance to play from the comfort of your own computer desk.
I will be using Roll20 and skype. This system has worked well for me in the past, so I’m sticking with it. I know Roll20 supports video, and I could eventually be persuaded to try it, but for now I’m sticking with the tried and true. Roll20 is free (I do pay for a subscription), and it works really well. I have purchased hi-res maps of the Starter Set module “Lost Mine of Phandelver” and they look great in Roll20. I plan to run Lost Mine, and then I’m hoping to hand the DM reigns off to shellfishguy for a bit so I can roll up a character and play. We haven’t really worked out the details on that yet, so for now I will just say that I will at least run the Starter module, and we can figure things out from there.
The rules for 5E D&D, at least the beginner rules, are free as a pdf on the Wizards website. Everything you need to learn how to play and how to roll up a character are there. Check them out! I’ve read them once and I will go back over them, and hopefully we will figure them out quickly and be up and playing in no time.
The Lost Mine of Phandelver is intended for four or five players, which is also probably my max for running a Roll20 game. It can be hard to manage a table top game in virtual space, because I can’t look around the table and see who is bored and throw something fun their way. Arkon and Shellfishguy have both agreed to play, and I’ve talked to a friend of mine here in Boston and he might want to play, so we only need one or two people to reach critical mass. I know some people have expressed interest in the other thread, so I hope they jump in here.
I live in Boston, and I tend to run the game from 9pm to 11pm, sometimes midnight, once a week. I am thinking next Tuesday night might be a good night to start playing. That will give everyone time to roll up a character, put it in Roll20, and familiarize themselves with the basic rules. I will use the time to choose monster tokens for Roll20 and input monster stat blocks and that sort of thing. Scheduling can be tough sometimes, what with work and families and summer vacations, but I hope we can get a couple of sessions in over the next few weeks.
That’s it. We can use this thread to manage everything that doesn’t happen in the game (or you can PM me).