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GM Bill V.

he/him

5.0

(7)

Timezone

America/new York

Language

English

Identity

Artist
Game Designer

About GM Bill V.

I've been GMing for 20 years. I write published adventures on the DM's Guild and make new tabletop games. Most of my D&D adventures are set in a shared homebrew world with a history largely shaped by the players.

At a glance

4 years on StartPlaying

1 games hosted

Highly rated for: World Builder, Storytelling, Creativity

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I became a GM because

Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

I got started GMing...

in 2005, running campaigns for college friends. I've been in the GM's chair more often than not ever since.

How GM Bill V. runs games

Roleplay-heavy campaigns, intrigue, sandboxes, shared worlds

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Rules are...

a good way to make risks and failure feel more fair. If something bad happens to your character, I want it to be a consequence of their actions and of calculated risks they took, rather than something I did by fiat.

GM Bill V.'s Preferences

Systems

Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Fiasco
Indie TTRPG
Marvel Super-Heroes FASERIP
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition
Star Wars D6
Paranoia

Platforms

Game style

Roleplay Heavy

Rules as Written (RaW)

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