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Zach - The Forever DM

Zach - The Forever DM (he/him)

5.0

(3)

LGBTQ+
Veteran

1 year on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Inclusive

About me

As just an initial heads up for my future players I have a hard time with voices due to a past throat injury that damaged my vocal chords I'm working on getting back into character voices but doing them for prolonged time periods can lead to issues. I spent most of my early adult life jumping around from job to job and place to place trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with my life and where I wanted to go with it. The only thing that ever stayed consistent was playing D&D. I started young when I was 7 or 8 I got to place some NPCs in some games one of my uncles used to run for his friends. When I was 10 they finally gave me a chair at the table and by the time I was 13 I was running games for his friends whenever he wasn't able to. So with a life long passion for table top games and a want to find what I really wanted to do I set out to start hosting games professionally.

GM Style

My GM style varies from group to group and game to game. Every group and game is different; each game has its own dynamics and its own feel whether it be a lighthearted walk through a fairy tale land, a gritty western steam punk, or a low magic medieval style game each one has its own needs. Just the same each group has its own wants and needs whether they want it to be combat heavy, role-playing heavy, or even just a very open game where the players get to decide which way it goes for every encounter. I am a big enthusiast of the "Rule of Cool" and allowing tons of player agency its your world too. What you can always expect from my games though is hand picked music to match moods and change the feeling, an openess for people and characters alike, your choice of combat styles whether it be basic or tactical, and a respect for your time, if you put time into a character and time into the games we play you can always expect the same from me.

Game Master Reviews (3)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Rule of Cool

Inclusive

Phillip Fry avatar

Phillip Fry

A fantastic DM creating fun enjoyable one shots and homebrew campaigns. His worlds always feel very full and make you feel like you characters are in a real place. For campaigns he's always allowed tons of player agency allowing tweaks and changes to characters to fit the player ideas and even sitting down to discuss future plans for characters. Aside from the unfortunate voice problem it's always a good time playing if he's running the table.

Donovan Swiger avatar

Donovan Swiger

Very easy to work with and let me be as creative I wanted

claire abernathy avatar

claire abernathy

Very inclusive of everyone always makes sure to check back on everyone to make sure we all got our part. I'm one of those players that prefers to be in the background because I'm shy and he always made sure to check up on me before moving on with anything. He sets ground rules for longer games and mukti session games to make sure everyone is comfortable. It seems like his favorite phrase is "Explain how your character does that" which from all the games I've played with him usually means, if you can explain it you can sure try to do it.

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