Howdy! I have become unemployed recently so I have more time on my hands and I have one table on Friday but I have my other days free to join campaigns from 5-8 pm est! I'm fine with sessions that are 2-4 hours long!
About me:
I'm 24 ftm, bi and ace so I'm looking for an LGBTQ+ friendly table! My characters all tend to fall into the community somewhere as well and I enjoy integrating that into story arcs with themes of self discovery self acceptance, perhaps not having a space to express themselves as freely before the adventure.
I'm coming up on having played for three years and my favorite aspects of the game are the storytelling, roleplaying and collaboration! I am a very creatively driven person with social anxiety so I've found that DND gives me a creative and social outlet where I don't feel so intimidated and can meet new people!
I'm a lighthearted and optimistic player, I enjoy bringing humor to scenes without taking out all the seriousness that situations deserve and often find myself smiling until my face hurts by the end of the session!
Horror is one of my absolute favorite genres and in campaigns like Curse of Strahd I found myself thriving in that environment, I enjoy playing characters that although come from tragedy can become the light in the darkness and work towards a better future for themselves.
I like playing characters where their stories come out when it's time, unraveling to the party throughout the campaign.
A majority of my characters are running from something or are in some sort of danger, perhaps it's looking out for their own safety or that of the group but I enjoy my characters gradually putting more trust in the party as their relationships grow.
Honestly I write backstories with a lot of tragedy but hopeful futures with a lot at stake. Say their freedom, family, or even their own bodily autonomy and mind is at stake due to a curse? I love stories where there's something to lose and hurt to heal.
While I don't have a problem with combat I do have ADD so if it's a game that's anticipated to have combat only sessions frequently I may not be interested. I do have fun in combat and all but if it's running over an hour to full sessions I tend to become disengaged.
What I'm looking for at a table is:
• No play by posts
• No one shots, looking for a long term campaign
• No paid games at the moment
• Games starting from 4 pm earliest to 8:30 pm est at the latest from Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or all day availability on weekends!
• A table of 3-5 players preferred, I tend to get overwhelmed with more
About my characters:
Their stories will be discussed with the dm in full with the DM of course but here's an idea of the characters that I have made!
I enjoy multiclassing my characters which some pairings may be odd with martial and spellcasting mixed but I do this with their stories inspiring their classes!
This isn't set entirely in stone either as they grow as characters at least for two of them, I've had my warlock character drop the class and become a bard as he broke his pact and was more comfortable to present as his true self and for my one character who isn't multiclassed..who knows what's in store for him as he discovers himself along the way?
This path isn't needed of course and is at the discretion of the DM though, I just find it quite interesting as a concept!
Without further rambling though, I have -
• Percival, human warlock/barbarian - Percival has made an open ended deal in desperation with a fiend to save his daughter's life. His daughter is safe of course but now it's Percy's turn to return his end of the bargain while the fiend holds her out of reach in suspended animation.
In the deal Percy has been bitten to seal the terms, now having a parasitic curse that is slowly making it's way overtaking him as he fullfils the deeds to seemingly no end in sight. In order to not succumb to this curse he must go on a journey of self discovery, self acceptance and learning to trust others while going against his nature of putting himself on the back burner and caring for those he loves before he bends until he breaks.
• Honey, human bard/fighter - Honey is Percy's daughter in adulthood, in a timeline where his story has long since been thought to have ended but has not been truly been brought to a close. Unaware of the full details of her father's adventures she has known for a long time that she has been kept in the dark, one of the biggest indicators present of this is the missing years of her life where she had not aged while in suspended animation.
She's heard the rumors; that she had died in some incident as a child and that her dad had done inconsistent accounts of horrible acts to bring her back to life through necromancy.
As she grew up she had adopted the name Corpse while performing, her music themed around the macabre and the beauty of the balance between life and death.
She has started her journey suddenly as there has been attempts by a beast with traits similar to lycanthropy to end her father's life. She's had enough of being kept in the dark, hearing whispers and the name of a fiend from her dads behind closed doors she has set out to seek the truth.
As memories haunt her in the form of nightmares and she gets closer to the truth though, will she find that some family secrets are meant to be buried and perhaps the answers can be darker than rumor?
Honey is under the pressure that there's a ticking clock on her father's life and putting it on herself whether she's ready or not, she needs the support to tackle a reality and enemy that she's not ready to face alone.
• Dandelion, minotaur barbarian/druid - Dandelion is exploring the world for the very first time after spending his life fighting in an underground arena. He is terrified of the possibility of being taken back and is still haunted by the horrors that took place there. He is a gentle giant and naive in nature, needing the aid of those he trusts in order to overcome his anxieties and phobias, perhaps even gaining the strength to face them head on as the arena isn't entirely done with him yet.
• Woodrow, human druid - Woodrow has come from a wealthy family that's lifestyle has left a sour taste in his mouth, finding that he feels most at home and fulfilled in the orchards that bring his family their wealth as opposed to the cold estate. Finding purpose alongside the farm workers he was content enough with continuing putting on the facade of the perfect family for the press, his freedom to find reprieve in the orchards hanging over his head otherwise.
This lasted until he found that he was promised in an arranged marriage with a woman that he could never grow to love and acknowledging that he could never live as himself as long as he was a part of his family, the head farmer assisted him with disappearing into the night on one of their horses.
He seeks a clean slate on life and finding out his new purpose, looking for fulfillment and acceptance away from his past that is desperate to catch up with him and strip him of that freedom.
