Casey Dodge

he/him

5.0

(4)

Timezone

America/new York

Language

English

Identity

Teacher/Educator

Game Designer

About Casey Dodge

About me, I am a dad, biologist, chemist, naturalist, and story teller. I have been creating narrative based storytelling games before I knew of dnd and have enjoyed refining my style since. As a naturalist my passion has been to tell educational stories about our natural world while actually exploring it. I am excited to share in the unique stories we will build together. My classic game I started back while on family camping trips in the mid 2000s I have always called scenarios. A narrative only format that plays out similar to an TTRPG with much more freedom. They have taken the form of everything from escaping an alien vessel to the challenges of governing a medieval fiefdom. The format can run from an adventure for 2 wrapping up in 3 hours to a game spanning 5-8 dnd session equivalents. Some of my experience, I have been a GM using the dnd platform since 2011. I have been a game based narrative story teller even longer. I have been running campaigns on roll 20 since 2013 alone. I run all original stories friendly to all. From my "Rites" DND campaign series designed for experienced players to scenarios and other DnD campaigns, geared to be accessible to everyone..

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

2 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive

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I became a GM because

I have a deep passion for story telling and I am best at narrative styles of doing so. Getting into dnd helped expand my horizons in this field and its been a wonderful time!

The three words my players would use to describe me are...

Thoughtful, Imaginative, and fun. I create all my own content from my early days doing free form narrative content to the well tested systems I have developed today. I am excited to share these tales with a new audience :)!

When I'm not running games I'm...

Leading hikes and camping adventures in south west Florida! From finding the birds on your list, hunting invasive pythons, to wild flower identification. If you are ever in the area hit me up at Wonderbound Adventures!

How Casey Dodge runs games

My scenarios are open form, theater of the mind, and tailor made so no two will ever be the same. Many offer a good degree of challenge but are forgiving to let you make the story your way. From 5v5 sky ship battles to the daily life of a frog in the everglades get ready for an adventure. My style of GMing is fair but challenging. I have made the potential for PC death a very real threat. Combat is not always the answer if it is your answer have a plan! I strive to make the world immersive but lean on the narrative explanation to do so. As someone who has dysgraphia my art is not going to wow anyone but I use it as a tool well enough. What art I cant make I commission #SupportArtist I run all original DnD campaigns I have run through 12 independent 18+ session games fully at this point. I have refined 3 main DnD campaigns up to my current standard of play. One is a drop in drop out exploration and map building setting that is suitable to everyone using the base rule set. Another is a quickly ramping set of competitions and mysteries where the rules warp over time making it best suited for more experienced players. My final one is seaming easy quest to build a road that just may go an unexpected way.

Casey Dodge's ideal table

Everyone is welcome at my table!! Always striving to be fun and engaging time. Openness and inclusivity are deeply important to me as someone who went through public school with dysgraphia and as a strong ally of the LGBQTIA+ Community.

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I love it when a player

Surprises me in a good way be it taking the conversation in a new direction or a strategy for combat I never saw coming.

I think metagaming...

Meta gaming is inevitable I like to avoid it as much as possible. I stick pretty firmly to health being discussed in only battered and bloodied for instance. I have a few traps laid out for those who lean on it epically in the monster design department :).

I think min/maxing...

If you are having fun go for it but if are not then maybe try something else.