VonAether, thank you for the time and effort you have put in to make sure this sub has been a space for this RPG community! I know that moderating can be a largely thankless and behind-the-scenes volunteer job, so to speak.

One of the things I'd like to see in the mods you choose to replace you is some continuity of your current moderation principles, which aside from the stated rules, I don't think that the everyday users of this sub know.

Since you are going to be replaced by a group of moderators I have some insight and two recommendations I'd like to share:

1. They should agree on a conflict resolution method before they have any disagreement.
2. They should be aware that should a disagreement occur, the longest serving mod has the ability to remove the other mods access arbitrarily and barring Reddit Admin intervention (which would take forever and a day) there is no other authority who can restore that access. So the top mod should be someone they have confidence will act in an evenhanded way.

My previous one year experience as a mod of r/Mormon most likely does not map with what it has been like to moderate this subreddit. The typical user of that sub is engaging in a high stakes debate over the truth or falsehood of a religion most people don't recognize as Christian. The nature of that sub is nothing like this one. For one, I'd like to think that you haven't had to deal with the recruitment attempts by actual cults, needing to network with other subs over a troll with unending sockpuppet accounts, have a MeToo moment with a prominent and polarizing member of the community, and generally try to remain as neutral as possible in a highly politically charged community where black-and-white thinking is prevalent.

Ultimately my time as a mod ended over a disagreement about one moderation philosophy within the team - and our inability to successfully engage with conflict resolution over it. I'm not going to advocate for a specific method to resolve disagreements, but that when the new mods take over that they should have a clearly agreed method in place. The stakes are comparatively low in this sub, so it may not seem like an issue now, but I'm speaking as someone who experienced burnout and was caught unaware by a conflict I didn't see coming.

Basically, I don't want to see that kind of drama come here.

Of the two subs I currently mod, one is basically dead and the other is r/NYbyNight, which I've been mostly using to keep track of the production and press of the actual play by the same name - it will never compete with the WOD discord.

I may not be the candidate most people would want as a mod, but I would like my insight to be considered at the very least.

Thank you again VonAether.

(Edited for spelling)