Karl Zone (he/him)
5.0
(16)
2 years on StartPlaying
33 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Teacher
About me
Hi. My name is Karl and I am a Professional Game Master from New Zealand. I specialise in 5th Edition (2014) Dungeons and Dragons, using Discord and Roll20 to run my games. I have a thorough knowledge of the rules and have a pragmatic approach to their application - with the 'Rule of Cool' being applied at the appropriate time. I run my games with a sense of humour. Even in the most serious games I think it is important that we laugh, because we are supposed to be having fun!
GM Style
I like to think my style is adaptive to the players. I have an in-depth knowledge of the rules, and I feel like I apply them in a way that is fair and fun. I enjoy the tactical combat side of things. From starting in Adventurer's League, I learned a lot from other GMs. I also love the roleplay side of things. I love playing NPCs and I love seeing players roleplay amongst themselves.
Game Master Reviews (16)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Rule of Cool
Teacher
Claire
Played 26 sessions
Karl's games are so much fun! He keeps them moving but it doesn't feel rushed, and he's always on board to let us try creative approaches to problems, as ridiculous as I sometimes make mine!
William Max
Played 19 sessions
Great dm for adapting and allow players to control there game. Well structured adventure
Kylie
Played 16 sessions
Great session and well thought-out even for 1-shot or drop-in-drop-out concepts. Appreciate the effort gone into the planning for these homebrews.
Daniel
New review
Played 13 sessions
Karl is a great DM. Always able to draw you into the world and make you feel like you're really there. His Role play is top notch and is very communicative and open to feedback.
Pingy
Played 6 sessions
Knows the rules, and knows when to break them. Good at improvising players out of the box ideas, and keeps the game moving.
Scott
Played 3 sessions
The last time I played was in 1991. Karl helped me remember all of the fun I used to have. I've been out of it so long, but he was very kind as for the other players. I look forward to this being a regular weekly occurrence.
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