Austin McCarthy

About Austin McCarthy

Hello! My name's Austin and I've been doin' the DM thing for over a decade now! I started out when I was 17, running largely Pathfinder and 3.5E and tabletop has always been a huge passion project for me. I love writing, acting, co-operative storytelling and entertaining so tabletop gaming has been a fantastic outlet for that. On top of all that, I'm a game publisher myself, with my own published RPG, TITAN RPG, a D20-based anachronistic sci-fantasy game. I work great with new players, and am super patient with those who struggle with rules, helping as much as I can along the way! At this point, my own system and 5E (2014) are certainly my strongest systems, purely based on the fact that the latter's popularity and the former's... well I made it! I'm comfortable in both additions of PF as well as older editions of D&D, a dash of World of Darkness, COC and pretty much everything Free League. Stylistically, my specialty with making games is something of an informal style of light-heavy roleplay, relaxed "chill vibe" kind of games with some horror thrown in the mix if it fits. To build on that, fun and casual at the table, jokes and whatnot but pulling focus in during important roleplay beats. I'm a horror-kid at heart, and a thumpin' good'n if I reckon myself, but it absolutely does not mean that every campaign I run is spooky or unsettling. It's perfectly fine for me steering far and away from that element of things if its not something players enjoy. Primarily, I run a mix of sandbox campaigns and pre-gen adventures depending on player preference.