Rowan
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5.0
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About Rowan
Hi! I love running challenging, tense games with storylines shaped by your actions.
At a glance
2 years on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Visual Aid, Storytelling, Knows the Rules
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I got started GMing...
as a practical joke. I can stil see the funny side.
My favorite shows/movies are
Sinners, The Princess Bride, Legend of Vox Machina and The Fall of the House of Usher.
How Rowan runs games
I enjoy tactical, challenging combat and roleplay. Happy to try my best with voices/accents, no matter how silly. My style places some focus on the narrative, but understanding every piece of lore is not required, making it suitable for loot goblins as well as in-depth roleplayers.
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I prep by
Writing notes out, giving it another look, and seeing if anything needs changing after each session.
My favorite trope is...
Foreshadowing.
Rules are...
Firm guidelines that should be consistently followed or completely reworked.
Rowan's ideal table
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I love it when a player
Figures something out about the plot or a character before the reveal.
I think metagaming...
is an overused word that is far less problematic in an actual game then in Reddit threads, and can be avoided by setting clear expectations and having a good system for knowledge checks.
I think min/maxing...
is completely fine (rules loopholes exempted). I design encounters to be difficult even for powerful characters. That said, I don't claim that everything published is balanced and have no objection to nerfing particularly egregious options.