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Supporting the DM Team is your primary responsibility. You keep track of the day-to-day activities of the DM Team, and ensure that player questions are answered. You make decisions and recommendations to Orleron on all DM team applications and all Watchlist threads.  This position reports to the Lead Designer.
Supporting the [[:Category:Team:Event_DM|Event DM]] team is the Head DM's primary responsibility. They keep track of the day-to-day activities of the Event DM Team, and ensure that player questions are answered. They make decisions and recommendations on all [[:Category:Team:Event_DM|Event DM]] team applications, enforce [[DM Rules]] as well as track general [[:Category:Rules|Rules]] adherence. The Head DM will conceptualize, define and guide direction of world-wide plots.


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===<b><u>Responsibilities</u></b>===
===<b><u>Responsibilities</u></b>===
*Hire, promote and task DMs.
* Make final decisions on hiring new DMs  
*Ensure DM coverage for peak server times.
* Final decision on promoting DMs to Senior DM and above.
*Make final decisions on player vault jails and banning.
* Make final decisions on player vault jails and make recommendations to World Leader on banning.
*Ensure all player emails and posts are answered by a Team Member within 24 hours.
* Work with the Lead Producer to formulate and implement DM policy, rules and organization.
*Ensure that all new player applications are approved within 48 hours.
* In conjunction with the Lead Producer add new rules/policies when they are needed, and keep current rules/policies updated.
* Ensure the training program for apprentice DM's is in place and oversee the running of it.
* Conceptualize, define and guide direction of world-wide plots.
* Enforce DM Team rules and escalate issues if necessary.
* Remove DMs of rank Apprentice, Minor, or Major from DM team when necessary.
* Recommend removal of Senior, Veteran, and Elder DMs to Lead Producer and World Leader when necessary.


===<b><u>Requirements</u></b>===
===<b><u>Requirements</u></b>===
*Knowledge of the Avlis game world.
* Current knowledge of the Avlis game world – including world lore as well as server lore
*Minimum 3 months of Avlis DMing experience.
* Minimum 3 months of active Avlis DMing experience.
*Ability to manage people and delegate tasks as necessary.
* Knowledge of Avlis systems for both players and DMs.
*Preferred PnP DMing experience.
* Knowledge of NWN engine including limitations.
*Preferred knowledge of D&D 3.0 and 3.5 PnP rules.
* Ability to manage people and delegate tasks as necessary.
*Preferred knowledge of the Avlis PnP setting.
* Preferred PnP DMing experience.


===<b><u>Job Description</u></b>===
===<b><u>Job Description</u></b>===
It is your responsibility to monitor the team mailing list for DM applications and post them in the Team Application forum for review. Once a majority of the team has chimed in, you must make a final decision and send this recommendation to Orleron for approval. It is then your responsibility to ensure an acceptance or rejection email is sent to the applicant as appropriate.  Applicants should expect to get a final response within two weeks of submitting their application.
The Head DM is a management position responsible for tactical creative direction of the servers and the DM team reports to this position.
It will be the Head DM's job to be aware of DM activity and make sure that we're not neglecting our players. This may entail shifting DM resources to match the playerbase, encouraging DM activity, and recruiting new DMs.
As DMs gain experience, showing talent and increased knowledge of the Avlis world, you will solicit promotion recommendations from the DM team and administer promotion reviews. For Senior, Veteran, and Elder DMs the Head DM will accept requests for promotion, solicit team input, and make promotion recommendations.


When new apprentice and minor DMs are hired, it is your responsibility to assign an avatar and  mentor to that DM and make sure they get the training and resources they need. After a DM has been trained, you are responsible for placing that DM on a particular server, based on need and best fit. You will be responsible for ensuring <i>all</i> DMs have all the tools necessary to do their jobs.
It is your responsibility to monitor the team mailing list for DM applications and post them in the Team Application forum for review. Once a majority of the team has chimed in, you must make a final decision. It is then your responsibility to ensure an acceptance or rejection email is sent to the applicant as appropriate. Applicants should expect to get a final response within two weeks of submitting their application.


You will be responsible for approving guild sponsorships and ensuring guilds have active DMs.  You will also ensure that the Team lists for sponsorships and server assignments are up-to-date.  You will also update the list of DM avatars in the Ask the Team Forum.
When new apprentice and minor DMs are hired, it is your responsibility to assign an avatar and assign a mentor to that DM and make sure they get the training and resources they need. You will be responsible for ensuring all DMs have all the tools necessary to do their jobs.


It will be the Head DM's job to be aware of DM activity and make sure that we're not neglecting our players. This may entail shifting DM resources to match the playerbase. If we get a group of Australians showing up on Ferrell every night, but our Australian DM is primarily on Visi, it might be a good idea to shift their focus to the people playing in their timezone.  As DMs gain experience, showing talent and increased knowledge of the Avlis world, you will make promotion recommendations to Orleron.
You will be responsible for approving guild sponsorships and ensuring guilds have active DMs. You will also ensure that the Team list for sponsorship is up-to-date. You will also update the list of DM avatars in the Ask the Team Forum.


You will also be responsible for the Watchlist thread.  You will moderate Watchlist discussions and make decisions on vault jailing and banning. In the case of banning, you will make recommendations to Orleron who will make final decisions. Once a decision has been made, you will indicate the decision made and ensure that the punishment (if necessary) is enacted.
You will moderate Watchlist discussions and make decisions on vault jailing. In the case of banning, you will make recommendations to World Leader who will make final decisions. Once a decision has been made, you will indicate the decision made and ensure that the punishment (if necessary) is enacted.


You will monitor the Team mailing list and ensure that all issues are responded to within 24 hours.  If an issue requires Team discussion, you will post a topic for discussion in the appropriate Team forum and let the sender of the mail know that we are discussing the issue.  Team applications will be posted in the Team Applications forum and handled as noted above.  Unsolicited subcontractor applications will be sent to the Lead Builder for consideration.
The Head DM will be responsible for making sure that all Avlis rules are consistent with current team rulings and are posted clearly for the playerbase.
 
It will be your responsibility to make sure that all new player applications are answered within 48 hours.


You will be authorized to ask for Team volunteers and/or hire additional Team members (with approval) to delegate responsibilities assigned to you as needed.
You will be authorized to ask for Team volunteers and/or hire additional Team members (with approval) to delegate responsibilities assigned to you as needed.
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 23 November 2021

Supporting the Event DM team is the Head DM's primary responsibility. They keep track of the day-to-day activities of the Event DM Team, and ensure that player questions are answered. They make decisions and recommendations on all Event DM team applications, enforce DM Rules as well as track general Rules adherence. The Head DM will conceptualize, define and guide direction of world-wide plots.

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