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Count Camerox

Count Camerox (he/him)

5.0

(57)

2 years on StartPlaying

1394 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Storytelling

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

I always loved creating fascinating stories and situations for player characters to react and solve. My promise is that sessions will be engaging, intense, and dramatic, as we experience the stories of the world and our characters unfold before our eyes. Writing this after doing over 40 sessions for SPG. I first got into DMing for DnD for family and friends, eventually branching out to online communities. While I maintain those sessions I also was curious if I could make a living out of being a DM as all of the players I DMed for showed enthusiastic support and eagerness for each and every session. Branching out to SPG I started with just a single session, and they loved it. Then when Dragonlance released I put out a few more sessions that wouldn't conflict with my work schedule and with all of their enthusiastic love, support and encouragement for me as a DM and for the stories we tell as well as their eagerness for next session "Is it (session day) yet?" I decided to try to make this silly hobby a full time job. I would not be doing this without the massive amount of support and encouragement from my players. With that, I would like to invite you to join our community. I have been making stories with systems similar to DnD since I was in Highschool. When I started playing DnD and eventually gained the confidence to become a DM in every game I was in my players kept asking me to extend the session length, even upwards of lasting the whole day. Then when I learned people have made a living doing this I decided to reach out to StartPlayGames and see what I can add to this community!

GM Style

I love setting scenes for dramatic action and combat that characters are willing to risk their lives to succeed in for a greater goal. But the most important thing is inclusivity and that everyone is having fun no matter the player preference. I ensure that in my games there to be something enjoyable for everyone in every session! My 3 most important Pillars as a DM 1. Pacing Making sure the story moves at a steady pace and doesn't drag. You'll never find a whole session being taken up by a shopping trip here. 2. Grounded Making sure the story, lore, combat, and characters interact with each other and reflect on one another. Every action and inaction creates echos and nothing comes out of left field. 3. Character Autonomy Allowing room for characters to explore the world they are in beyond the confines of the module. If the party as a whole would realistically do something off-base then there will be tertiary places and stories to explore!

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Game Master Reviews (57)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Knows the Rules

Storytelling

Patrick avatar

Patrick

Played 8 sessions

Cam has a high end blend of empathy, intelligence, creativity and knowledge of the rules. He leaves space for everyone and senses when to take DM space and move things along to keep the pace and rhythm. Kind and patient, but also challenging. Love playing with him and highly recommend.

Christopher avatar

Christopher

Played 4 sessions

First session, his use of Foundry is absolutely amazing - he knows the rules and has extensive experience running these things.

Richard avatar

Richard

Played 53 sessions

Count Camerox is a great GM. He is patient and generous. I thoroughly enjoyed my campaign with him. He paid so much detail to our campaign. He also spent a lot of time making sure that our platform (Foundry) worked properly and provided both accurate automations and visuals. I highly recommend Count Camerox if you want to have a fantastic experience. I'm planning to join another campaign of his immediately!

Zachary avatar

Zachary

Played 108 sessions

I’m played with Cam as my DM for two year-long campaigns now, and one of the unsung attributes if a DM is keeling a campaign going an on track despite occasional issues with players schedules or new players popping in an out of the table. But Cam has a steady hand and creates a fun, yet challenging, and consistent TTRPG experience, and quietly is a proponent of the “rule of cool”. There’s a reason why I’m about to start my third campaign in a row with him. So no need to look further, sign up for one of his Hane’s and you won’t be disappointed!

Bryton avatar

Bryton

Played 43 sessions

If you love combat and want to feel like a hero in a challenging setting with awesome maps, then Camerox is most definitely the DM for you!

Risen avatar

Risen

Played 99 sessions

Having played a whole campaign with Cam, I cannot recommend him highly enough. I tried a LOT of games and lasted a couple of sessions before settling on two to continue with. I stuck with Cam because he builds the most wonderful worlds, uses great world-building, knows his fancy awesome software, and encourages a really fun vibe within the group. He's an excellent DM for players who are new to the game, and walks you through things really well. Learning how to play DnD, and how to be a good player and team mate, how to navigate the group dynamics and everything is a long learning curve, and having Cam there to guide me was really helpful and important. He's made me a much better player, and that in turn has really helped me enjoy DnD more. The high tech VTT is awesome - but world-building is about so much more than that, and Cam does it artfully. His NPCs have unique personalities and voices, and there are always opportunities to explore and feel less "bounded" by the limitations of the story. Cam adds to and fleshes out the source books. The first campaign I was in was in a very small section of a world, and the second we've just started is far more expansive, and both felt somehow balanced and like we have the opportunities to make choices about the order in which we do something, and how we do it, not just follow the path laid out by the book. Overall, Cam is an excellent DM, and you will not regret joining one of his campaigns.

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