Bear-man (he/him)
5.0
(1)
1 year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Teacher, Knows the Rules
About me
Played various TTRPGs for about half my life and have been running games in person and online for friends for the last 10 years. I love more than anything to introdcue new players into the best hobby!
GM Style
New player friendly and patient, a good balance between roleplay and combat, some sessions we might be stuck in a tactical dungeon crawl and others we might be shopping and digging into backgrounds! I love doing voices but I am certainly no professional!
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Game Master Reviews (1)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Inclusive
Teacher
Knows the Rules
Bear-Man was very helpful with introducing Roll20 (which I hadn't used previously). He walked us through the steps to go about setting up our new characters and was able to offer 1-2-1 assistance with the creation process when anyone got stuck. The overall theme of the module we would be exploring was introduced along with some recommendations on thematic character options for the setting. The scene was set for the party and the reasons for working together in a way to avoid complex or awkward introductions. He also explained all of the features of the Discord server and the purpose of each channel and provided some insights on things that could be useful to track and record and for use outside the game. Overall a great session zero to get us ready to go for our new campaign and a great introduction to the toolset. Our only homework was to create/find a token ready for the next session! :) ---- Session 1 update We started with some rules overviews and safety considerations. A deck was introduced for a traffic light system if feeling uncomfortable. It was explained that this would work on a no-questions-asked basis. It was also covered about how dice rolling using Roll20 would work along with how the GM rolls would be hidden unless there was a good reason to not be. There was music throughout and it was explained how to change the volume if needed. After giving us a quick welcome and assembling the party we had an introduction to the setting. We had the local area described to us along with what to be expecting. We were then presented with a map of the city. After this each encounter (roleplay or combat) was presented with a map in Roll20 along with tokens for each character and NPC. A variety of musical themes were used depending on locations along with the encounter that was taking place.
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