Michael (Mike or Draco)

he/him

5.0

(10)

Timezone

America/chicago

Identity

Artist

Teacher/Educator

Voice Actor

Game Designer

About Michael (Mike or Draco)

My name is Michael and I was first introduced to D&D when I was 10 years old. I have been rolling dice and lighting creative sparks ever since. The endless possibilities and creative sparks Table Top Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs) can provide for people looking to escape the real world pressures, if even for 4 hours a week, can be life altering. I have had friends/players use it as their own form of therapy to destress and work through problems they themselves struggle with in a safe and judge free environment. Helping people and problem solving is defined within me to my core. It is in every part of my life and I wouldn't want it any other way. From being a Licensed Massage Therapist for 10 years and currently a Project Manager for over 10 years, I thrive in remedying chaotic problems for others with an empathic, honest and logical guiding hand. I enjoy teaching new players and welcoming back veterans. I create one of a kind worlds, npc's, monsters, puzzles and scenarios to custom fit each campaign. I believe TTRPG's are a group effort in storytelling and it is primarily the DM's job to facilitate and bring the story to life in a fun and safe way. I would love, nothing more, than to help you tell your tale.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: World Builder, Storytelling, Creativity

How Michael (Mike or Draco) runs games

I use custom tokens to represent players, maps, and battlefields. Character voices, accents, and personalities. Strategic combat that rewards creative thinking. Music and sounds to represent the ambience and set the mood of the descriptive sceneries. Around the clock availability for Discord messaging. I create a custom world and experience for players to enable their characters to live in and shape. Where their actions and choices make a difference. I speak with each player, individually, to see what type of experience they want out of the game and insure they are able to obtain it and more. There is no preset storyline, other than what might take place in the living world around them, because the storyline is what each character wants it to be. A tale of vengeance? Hurt? Love? Mystery and intrigue? Monster hunting or menagerie gathering? That is what we establish, together, during Session 0. What kind of experience you would like to experience with your character and then I create a world in which you all get to experience them, together.