Austin (he/him)
5.0
(26)
2 years on StartPlaying
27 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Teacher, Creativity
About me
I love running games for people and getting to tell their stories. Most of my experience has been with Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, World of Darkness, as well as Chronicles of Darkness. My preferred platformers are FoundryVTT, Roll20 and Discord. Over the last few years I've been able to run a table through Rime of the Frostmaiden and the Curse of Strahd 5th edition modules. Many years before that I was a member of an Online LARP, size of at least 100 active players, for World of Darkness as Storyteller and Admin.
GM Style
My priorities when running the game is giving every person at the table the opportunity to shine and the opportunity to roleplay relationships with each other. Between sessions and in a over arching chronicle my priority is the classic three act structure that is influenced by the player characters. Within a horror game, then my aim is to delight with terror towards player characters but not to give players a bad experience.
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Game Master Reviews (26)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Teacher
Creativity
Emily CM
This GM is amazing at storytelling and playing off of characters' decisions and actions. Scenes evolve with great attention to atmosphere, characterization, and opportunities for development. He will challenge you to think deeply about your character's ambitions, motivations, and actions. I highly recommend for players of all experience levels, as he takes the time to make sure content is fun and agreeable for everyone.
Thomas Hederman
Austin is a consummate professional, who knows his stuff and wants you to have fun.
Christopher
Played 16 sessions
I'm many sessions into our Lancer campaign and it's impressed me immensely. Austin is a fantastic GM and really helps players understand such a technical game. He also provides a great challenge for those that love tactical games. :)
Antoni Diaz
Played 17 sessions
Poe has been a great GM for our No Room For A Wallflower campaign of Lancer. Being primarily new players, he has been very informative and forgiving of the rules when we mess up, and has great knowledge of the Foundry setup he has for the scenarios involved. He's also given lots of opportunity for roleplay in this admittedly combat-heavy system, a much needed attribute in this field. He allows for plenty of feedback and takes it into account during future sessions, as well.
Dex
Played 2 sessions
Great GM, able to really set a scene and sell players on what's happening.
Alex Briere-Paul
Played 2 sessions
Great GM, wove the story very well and helped develop our characters narratively.
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