Storm Kings Thunder

A truely amazing DM, allows for player creativity in both tactics and character creation. Very good at doing voices, brilliant at theatre of the mind and maps.

I got to befriend a mimic colony and adopt a baby mimic. All through the power of friendship, problem solving, a high charisma and a changeling character. I could have easily gotten my character killed from the sheer number of potential mimic fights. Instead my character only killed one mimic in self defense. After that she talked her way out of a fight with a baby mimic who initiated initiative from resisting being put in a bag of holding. After apologizing she negotiated with mama mimic to work with a crew so everyone could eat plenty of fish. So not only was the mimic colony issue solved, but they became an economically viable buisness partnership. So now Craft has a baby mimic she carries with her everywhere in a baby sling, taking the form of a doll that she feeds dead enemies to, dresses up and bonds with. The baby Mimic is named Mim, which means wished for Child. It helps that Changelings are somewhat related to mimics, so in a way they are very distant biological family that are now adopted family. This is yet another adorable consequence of Craft being a naive, sheltered changeling exploring the world. She doesn't assume anyone or anything is inherently evil until proven otherwise. With Darren this tends to work out. At the end of the day, everyone is motivated by wanting something. Find a way to solve the problem, and violence doesn't always have to be necessary. I appreciate that Darren lets me go into a rediculous amount of detail. This is probably in part because I'm the only player in our game. Yes, I am the player that spent half an hour shopping and asked about tent colors. He doesn't railroad me into a fight when my character is looking for any way possible to avoid combat. From our conversation afterwards, I think I am the only person to solve the mimic colony oneshot without fighting all the mimics or otherwise destroying the ship. That's more than I can say for most DMs I have played with. To be fair, if a party wants to fight, they will get a fight. Most player groups do not have the time or patience for the level of detail I go into. So I am delighted that I can still enjoy playing the game without all the arguing, social pressure, and anxiety playing with a group has come with.

Hello. now I've done 50+ sessions with Darren and the sessions are absolutely wonderful, he creates a lot of joy in the group. even in solos Darren is a very good DM who knows the rules and is not afraid to come up with something if you go a different way than you should. highly recommend Darren as a DM.

My 10 year old daughter and I have been playing with Darin for a while now. We both enjoy the world he describes and voices he uses for NPCs. He is incredibly talented and has amazing patience to handle a wild imagination of my daughter. He's able to direct her without shutting her ideas down. Any time I've had questions out side of the game Darin has been quick to respond even with the large time zone difference. I highly recommend playing with him, because his passion for the game shows every time we play. Thanks Darin.

The DM set aside time before game to help incorporate my characters back story, make each player feel important and cool as well as creating a fun environment. I truly enjoy playing with Darren!

Darren is a fantastic DM that knows D&D inside and out. He greatly rewards creativity and uses the set rules and his knowledge to foster player creativity in problem solving and role playing. Definitely sign up for Darren’s games; you will not be disappointed!!