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Samshiir

Samshiir (he/him)

5.0

(2)

Veteran
Cosplayer

3 years on StartPlaying

58 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Storytelling

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

I have been playing D&D as a player and a DM for over twenty years. I have a passion for writing, storytelling, and fantasy games that I would love to share with others. I have experience as a Game Master for D&D 2nd, 3rd (3.5), 4th, and 5th Editions as well as Pathfinder 1st and 2nd Editions, many different variants of World of Darkness games (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Geist, and Hunter), several Star Wars systems, GURPS, and a pile of other Tabletop Roleplaying Games. My DMing style usually involves me learning about my player's characters and developing plots around them together with the player. As a result, my games are generally free-form, interactive, and personalized. I always ask that my players put thought and effort into their character's backgrounds, personalities, relations, and potential future plots/adventures. In turn, I take these elements and use them to build fun and exciting plotlines for your characters to experience! I have written and published a couple of novels based on some of the games I have run in the past and was once a co-writer for a locally-released D&D 3rd Edition adventure module. I have studied arts such as cinematography, graphic novels, storytelling structures, and many of the best writers/directors in history. As such, I am quite confident in my ability to tell fun and engaging stories, but am also happy to realize that I always have more room to learn and grow! I got into storytelling because my father was also an author. In fact, my first experience with stories and fantasy roleplaying was through my father DMing for me when I was a child. My first and favorite D&D character is my father's first and favorite character's son. The legacy I carry on through Atorian, son of Gaeleath, High Elf Bladesinger, Champion of Correllon Larethian, Defender of all Elves, began in the 1970's, long before I was born, when my father made his first character. The best moment I ever had in D&D was when my father's character passed his sword down to me. This is an extremely special bond I have with my father and D&D alike, and I can only hope I can recreate this sort of feeling on for other players to enjoy.

GM Style

My games tend to have many interactive roleplaying scenes and a large variety of challenging combats. One of my biggest weaknesses as a DM is my variety of voices.

Game Master Reviews (2)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Knows the Rules

Storytelling

Robert avatar

Robert

Played 56 sessions

Got me back into d&d with his Eberron campaign, currently 32 Session in and looking forward to see how it all turns out!

Jess avatar

Jess

Played 58 sessions

He is a very patient and excellent teacher, who has an in-depth knowledge of lore and great knowledge of the rules and mechanics. Before I started playing with him as a player, he worked with me to make sure my character fit into his world that he created. I was excited before the game started because I knew I was in good hands with my character, and I still retain that excitement each time I get to play in his games. When he asked if I would like to join him on here as a player for another, I said yes, of course I would.

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