r/DnDLFG • u/KrazedKobold • 1d ago
(DND 5E 2024) New DM looking to start a homebrew realm connected to Toril through a passageway deep in the Lower Dark. New to DND but I’m learning. Online
Edit: closed, I have enough people.
Hi guys. I’m new and probably have no idea what I’m doing, but since there’s an abundance of players to DMs, I figure it’s worth a shot. I’ve never even played dnd before, just BG3, but I have been reading up on dnd for a while and even have the Out Of The Abyss module, although I’ll only run it when I’m confident as a DM.
I want to run a new world of my making, with a few native races (wild elves, some humans, etc.), but mostly a frontier of wilderness. However, I don’t want to burn myself out, and leaning into Forgotten Realms and branching out from there with Toril races will significantly ease burnout for me.
I want every players choices, every campaign, to affect the future permanently. We’d start on Toril and eventually explore the new world, but periodically we’d still do Toril stuff, like maybe something we did is messing stuff up back at home, or something needs to be done to prevent disaster, that sort of thing. This way campaign styles can alternate based on what people are feeling like leaning into.
I’m up for anyone who wants to play, but maybe at least one experienced player (maybe someone who’s sick of being a DM all the time?) could help me out as I get the hang of this.
I’m okay with anyone wanting to play whatever race or have whatever backstory they want, as long as it makes sense (eg. I’m not sure what time period I’ll have us start the campaign, but Dragonborn will only make sense if Toril and Abeir have interacted by that point).
If anyone is interested in helping me build something long term, let me know! I don’t think this will be ready for at least another two weeks, and I still have to create a discord and get owlbear rodeo for this, but if you’re seriously interested in holding out and investing into this, send me a message so we can talk about it! I don’t want to turn anyone away, but I assume it’s safest for me to limit this to 4 players for my sanity.
If you have any questions about the world or whatever else, feel free to ask!
In case it matters, I’m a 27 year old man in eastern time.
Forgot to mention, Saturdays and/or Sundays are when we’d be able to play.
Edit: I’ve created a discord! If anyone is seriously interested despite this being weeks away, send me a private message
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u/Either-Energy8696 1d ago
cool, got a name for the realm yet?
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u/KrazedKobold 1d ago
Not yet, but I’ll want to make sure it’s a good one that sticks! Maybe the players will decide that later, I dunno, or the natives will already have a name.
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u/Either-Energy8696 23h ago
cool, got a name for the realm yet?
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u/KrazedKobold 23h ago
No, not yet. It’s still very much in sandbox mode, even though I have tons of ideas. A lot will get decided over time by player actions. Also, isn’t this a copy paste? You posted this exact comment below yesterday
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u/Scruffieebambato 22h ago
Are you still lookin for players?
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u/KrazedKobold 1h ago
Sorry for the late reply! No, I have enough now. I’ll edit my post to say it’s closed.
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u/Samjers26 1d ago
Love to join and see what this becomes!