Arnold
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About Arnold
I was introduced to the world of Dungeons in Dragons back in 2018 and have been hooked ever since. As a player I loved exploring, surviving and experiencing the world my character lived in. Now, as a DM, my passions lie in crafting that worlds and the layers that make it a living breathing environment. Having studied screenwriting, direction, and acting, storytelling is where my mind always gravitates to. I love breathing life into the fun, wacky, characters of my world with improv and voice work. At my tables, it's all about the players crafting a story in the world I build around them. If that sounds good to you, grab a seat!
At a glance
3 years on StartPlaying
326 games hosted
Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Teacher, Voices
$20 per session
Top Game Master
One of StartPlaying's top-rated GMs, a player favorite and highly recommended.
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My favorite shows/movies are
Delicious in Dungeon, Castlevania, Adventure Time, One Piece. The list goes on!
I got started GMing...
When my GM told me to give it a try. It was a trap!
My favorite books are
You gotta check out "Kings of the Wyld." Great world and story inspired by Dungeons & Dragons! The Andy Weir novels are great, grounded, often times silly, sci-fi adventures. Maybe I'll run Spacejammer sometime 🤔. Just start H.P. Lovecraft! Curse of Strahd, here I come!
How Arnold runs games
The name of the game is the group's enjoyment and making everyone feel comfortable, listened to, and part of the action! I like to take a balanced approach to DMing these sessions, doing my best to bring players the three main elements of D&D: combat, roleplaying, and exploring. While we may not get all three in one session, I do my best to inject those elements throughout the campaign. I like to put player enjoyment and cooperative storytelling over "word-for-word" rulings. It's not that I don't respect the rules (was a bit of a "rules lawyer" in my player days), I just really value the player's agency and lean towards the rule of cool when it's appropriate.
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I prep by
PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC!
If my games were Movies they'd be directed by...
Edgar Wright, Shane Black, or James Gun
When it comes to voices
I'm quite proud of my voices. I'm a part-time voice actor and screen actor and I believe those skills bring a lot to the characters that I fill my world with! Check out my instagram for what you're in for!
Arnold's ideal table
Team players. Dungeons and Dragons is a cooperative story-telling game and there's no main character, it an ensemble cast! Enjoy your character enjoying the company of the others.
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I love it when a player
Work together to have fun together and ruin all my carefully crafted plans!
I think metagaming...
Has it's place but it's all about balance đź‘Ť.
I think min/maxing...
Lord of the Rings, Castlevania, Delicious in Dungeon. All great examples of lead characters with flaws and shortcomings. Their weaknesses offer opportunities to grow, bonding moments with their party, and openings for me as the DM to kick them across a room through a dining table!
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