Clarissa
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About Clarissa
Hi, I'm Clarissa! I've been playing TTRPGs ever since I was a kid, and I've been running games professionally for three years now. I love RPGs for their intersection of game mechanics and collaborative storytelling. My goal is to give each player a space to express their character and contribute to an interlocking narrative. I view myself as a host, contributor, and facilitator of games. My goal is to draw out your good ideas, stir them up in a pot with everyone else's, and play to find out what we get. The play itself is transformative, and creates something wholly unique, that none of us could have imagined or anticipated
At a glance
3 years on StartPlaying
235 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
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My favorite books are
A Wizard of Earthsea will forever remain my favorite fantasy novel. I also love Ursula K. Le Guin's other work, particularly The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. A Song of Ice and Fire holds a special place in my heart. Lately I've been reading The Traitor Baru Cormorant.
When I'm not running games I'm...
Probably talking about them online! Or I'm playing Street Fighter, Chess, painting miniatures, or hanging out with my cat.
How Clarissa runs games
Player choice matters. That is my motto for everything - I'm here to run a living, breathing world that emphasizes showing the impacts of player choices. I encourage players to take co-authorship of their story and the setting their character inhabits.
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My games focus on...
how much the players are willing to sacrifice to get what they want. I think the core of drama is the hard decisions players make, and how those ripple in the world and create new situations for them to respond to. If player choices don't matter, what's the point of playing?
Rules are...
the structures that support our story! If our game is a rollercoaster racing down the track, hitting highs and lows of narrative tension, our rules are the supports holding the track up at each key point.
Clarissa's ideal table
My table is a place of curious inquiry, where we explore the character's lives, their drives, their problems, together. We're fans of the characters, which means we want to see them struggle and triumph, if they've earned it. It's a table where no-one, not even me, knows what might happen next.
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If you're into ___, you're going to love my table
dramatic storytelling, where you're always on the edge of your seat to see what happens next!
I love it when a player
shows up with ideas for their character, and pursues their characters drives and goals!
My table is not the place for...
Transphobia, Racism, Ableism, Sexism, Homophobia. It's also not the place for players who won't support each other, or for players who can't take the table seriously.
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