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ChrisTheDM

ChrisTheDM (he/him)

5.0

(30)

LGBTQ+
Black
Artist

2 years on StartPlaying

53 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Visual Aid, Storytelling

About me

Ahoy, I'm Chris (He/him). I've DMed fantasy settings for over a decade, and DMed for Dnd5e for 2 years now. As a DM I go above and beyond to make sure players feel powerful, feel challenged and feel immersed in the roleplay. I learned DND5E because a friend "content-shared" with me on DDBeyond, so My goal with paid games is to purchase DNDbeyond material to "content-share" with my players and pay back the kind gesture that people have offered me. I love High-Fantasy, from floating islands to magical dragons. My worlds are fantastical, imaginative and diverse. I love K-Dramas, I'm a Graphic Artist and I spend most days developing adventures for people to play. I'm easy-going, I love to laugh, and I look forward to telling a story with yooou!

GM Style

[General] My first goal as a DM, and empathetic person, is to provide an inclusive, friendly community. My second goal is to immerse players with 200+ beautiful, high quality maps, thematic music and a myriad of character voices. [Combat] My encounters are challenging, frequent and beautiful with 100+ animations for all character types. Light homebrew is included as well to spice up combat for all character [Social] I expand the world around what you say and do as a player. I give my NPCs a range of emotions to make them feel alive, and I absolutely love to improv with my players to create interesting dialogue. [Availability] I am available most days, so feel free to book me for a game. If you can name the official WOTC adventure, I probably have it in my virtual tabletop world ready to play.

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Game Master Reviews (30)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Visual Aid

Storytelling

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Felix

Played 17 sessions

Playing in one of Chris's PF2e campaigns has been very fun so far! He shows a lot of contagious enthusiasm about the game, and he offers many opportunities for players to participate in shaping the worldbuilding, themes, and story ahead of time. Chris has also been preparing a tremendous amount of impressive designs in the FoundryVTT environment, giving visual aids for roleplay and exploration outside of battle maps. The voices, roleplay, and variety of the characters ("NPCs") he plays are very good^^ Overall, the style and presentation turned out a bit more cinematic / intense / high-key on some ideas than I expected, which is great if you like that. Chris was very open for adjustments after the start of the game though, and if you prefer an overall low-key game, I'm sure that that would work well too.

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Sundistasta

Played 15 sessions

I've played with Chris for a lot of pathfinder sessions now as part of a long campaign and I can say without a doubt that he is a very talented improviser, story teller, and overall a great DM. I'm still not sure if he's making it up as he goes or if he prepares extremely well each session (which is honestly the best sign) but he has an unique penchant of giving NPC's such distinct personalities and voices that I truly would want to know what his notes look like. He's very good at letting players drive the story and pacing as well as setting the tone for particular scenes whether through visual aids or audio. He has a talent for incorporating homebrew elements into adventures and a lot of creativity when it comes to world building which he seeks to integrate characters into as well. Also for preparing for long campaigns, he took the time to walk us through exactly what we each wanted from it (setting, mood, world building integration, etc.) and asked a lot of good questions on those expectations. I can't tell you how much this helps in the long run and just another sign of how much he values everyone having a good time. Overall, Chris is a great DM who goes to great lengths to immerse players, tell a great story, and ensure that everyone has a fun time! (I wish I could choose more than 3 tags because really they all apply)

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Joey Laflamme

Played 10 sessions

Amazing DM. Give enough space to the group to Role Play, and maintain a solid rythm of play.

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ik

Played 2 sessions

It genuinely sucks that you can only pick up to three options when writing a review for a DM, and doubly so when you’re writing one about Chris. From the voices he does for his characters, to the soundtracks he plays to set the mood, he puts in the work to make the session feel alive. On our session 0, Chris makes you feel right at home and you can really tell how much time he’s willing to put (and he has put) toward the world/setting you’ll soon find yourself immersed in. He makes getting adapted to new features and systems easy, and takes time to properly explain how each thing works, even going so far as writing down different entries with details on everything new that just makes everything so much easier for his players. And don’t be afraid to ask questions! Overall, Chris is an amazing DM that I’m sure anyone would be thrilled to have narrate/lead their characters through his world, and I’m sure he would be equally thrilled to have you, as players at his table, so he can share what he’s worked on so others can enjoy it as well. 10/10 would recommend!

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Braden

Played 1 sessions

DM was flexible and adapted well to some technical issues at the start of the session and then followed through with some awesome story telling and action packed combat!

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Lucas

Played 1 sessions

Amazing and professional DM! Had a beautiful oneshot with Chris (and the rest of the party). The adventure was extremely well designed with beautiful maps, great voices/roleplay, fun mechanics and all of it was told super well by Chris who made us feel comfortable and was always on the side of the players - had a blast (the dragon didn't).

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