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Cairn

Cairn (he/him)

5.0

(9)

Multi-lingual

3 years on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Voices, Sets the Mood, Creativity

About me

Hi there and welcome! I am Cairn (Clément), an avid RPG player whose origin story started over 20 years ago, when 10 year old me was first introduced to D&D 3rd edition in the back room of a french game store. Every week for the years to follow, I went on memorable adventures along with other kids, who, through years of weekly games and shenanigans, became close friends at the table, and closer even in real life. I decided to get on the other side of the DM screen, after two decades of fun, discovery, and emotions, to bring these feelings to new and experienced players alike! I heavily believe on the positive impact of Role Playing Games in the development of imagination, problem solving and social skills, and can run children friendly games on request. Native french speaker, I can run games in French or English, depending on your preference. Based in Berlin and happy to run IRL games, covid safety measures allowing.

GM Style

As a GM, your enjoyment of the adventure is my main goal. I place a great emphasis in making your choices have a meaningful impact on the world around you, and making your character's motivations and their growth a pivotal point of the adventure. I love roleplay to the extent that it is enjoyed by the players, and can bring voices to the NPCs for you to interact with, or describe the interaction in the third person, based on how you want to play it out. Tactical combat is a lot of fun when it does not overwhelm players with rules and bring the flow of the session to a halt. Do precise positioning and accurate measurements of AOEs matter, or is theater of the mind and the rule of fun the way your adventure will be played? Your choice! Each session can be very different to the next one, bringing roleplaying, puzzle solving, exploration and combat in doses adapted to you and the flow of the adventure. All in all, around the table as in the story, creating fun for you and the rest of the group is what matters!

Game Master Reviews (9)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Voices

Sets the Mood

Creativity

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Charline Waldrich

Clément has the ability to bring you into the other world... He uses music, his voice and expressions amazingly and one can really see what is happening before the inner eye. He is very good at explaining things and tempers the gaming rules information in a perfect matter especially for beginners. It is really a fun experience and very different each time! He manages to create campains according to all the wishes of the group members. To top this off; his communication style is very inclusive, he keeps an eye out for everyone and I felt in a safe space at all times. :) thank you for these exciting adventures!

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Natan

This was my third game with Cairn and I had a great time, as always! He brings the game to life with his nuanced narration and memorable impressions of the characters and creatures we encountered during our adventure. I also enjoyed the amount of freedom he gives to the group. Even when we stray from the adventure's path he knows how to fill the world with something to discover and eventually gently guides us back to the narrative of the evening. Cairn's ability to quickly adept to our sometimes unconventional approaches as a group and the seamless weaving of a immersive world gave us the opportunity to creatively explore our characters and live through exciting and hilarious adventures together. Thank you Cairn! I'm looking forward to the next time :)

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Max

This was my third game with Cairn and I had a great time, as always! He brings the game to life with his nuanced narration and memorable impressions of the characters and creatures we encountered during our adventure. I also enjoyed the amount of freedom he gives to the group. Even when we stray from the adventure's path he knows how to fill the world with something to discover and eventually gently guides us back to the narrative of the evening. Cairn's ability to quickly adept to our sometimes unconventional approaches as a group and the seamless weaving of a immersive world gave us the opportunity to creatively explore our characters and live through exciting and hilarious adventures together. Thank you Cairn! I'm looking forward to the next time :)

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Sarah Schwarz

I am a total beginner, so it was great to be guided through the rules gently while still being fully immersed in the story telling! It was great to receive the space to build and play my character without worrying about which dice I needed to roll. Storytelling was great and the Goblin voices were terrifying. Also loved the playlist that always matched whatever was happening in the story. Great fun overall, would totally recommend!

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Cystana

I had the luck to be part of one of the first games Cairn prvided as a DM and I have to say, DMing my self for quite a while, I was highly impressed what a natural genius was hidden in this person. I was far from even thinking ones : " Well yeah he is a beginner" You could feel how much effort and love he putted in every detail of the game from day one on and the whole game until the end it never felt like it got less, the opposit, it was icredible to see how quick he improved and how much more details he added to everything! His descriptions, NPC he roleplayed, pictures, letters, athmospheres, music, improvising , implementation of the players backroundstorys in a way that felt so natural and a lot more. Storytelling made with such depth and love for really every detail and that just when he started GMing... I´m very curious to see what mindblowing saisons he will make if he goes on this path, that is the path of true passion and an awakeing genius in my eyes.

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GrandPas

I had a truly wonderful time playing with Cairn! Despite being on one of his first adventure as GM, he pulled off a very engaging, dynamic, and greatly entertaining adventure for the group, which kept us coming back to play each time with excitement. I have played RPG for quite a few years in the past, with various GM, each having their own style. But I have to say Cairn became my first GM to include my character's background and personal details into the group's adventure, in a coherent and meaningful way, which really engaged me as a true element of the world and adventure (and this happened for all other players of the group). Cairn really listen to the players and knows how to adapt so that we all enjoyed the games, by putting a bit of what everyone likes, whether that be investigation, looting, or fist-person role playing, with the right proportion so that the game sessions always felt balanced. I really enjoyed the dedication he took preparing the games, that translates into smooth and organized game session, great NPC and monsters impersonations, and a flawless reactivity to whatever weird things the group would decide to do! I also appreciated his positive and friendly vibe, and his communicative energy that kept the game going even late into the night. Overall, always a pleasure to play with him!

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