Clarissa (she/her)
5.0
(17)
3 years on StartPlaying
167 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Sets the Mood
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
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
GM Style
I love all types of games in all different styles. The most important thing to me is that the rules we use support the story we want to tell. I encourage players to take co-authorship of their story and the game world their character inhabits.
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Clarissa's Games
Game Master Reviews (17)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Inclusive
Sets the Mood
ReniK
Played 6 sessions
First time I have gotten to play PBTA in real time. Very enjoyable. Very committed to the shared fiction.
Lambda
Played 25 sessions
Clarissa is an excellent world builder and a welcoming and supportive GM. She makes it easy to pick up a new system and creates a great space to be creative, while expertly utilizing the system rules to create dramatic tension and satisfying payoffs.
Sarah
Played 39 sessions
Clarissa puts together an engaging game every week. She involves the characters and their stories in the world. I also really appreciate that she is has things ready to run at start time and doesn't waste our game time with a lot of prep.
Ben
Played 34 sessions
Clarissa is a fantastic GM, very knowledable about the rules and able to keep the game moving forward while keeping everyone engaged and entertained. She's also very experienced with Foundry, and helps to build an environment with visuals and soundtracks that replicates some of those features of an in-person game that are sometimes hard to find in an online game. When I come back to StartPlaying next to find a new game, I'm definitely going to see if Clarissa has any spots open and grab one right away.
Joel
Played 39 sessions
Clarissa is very knowledgable about the rules and weaves a fun tangled story. Her games have a mood enhancing soundtrack and helpful visual aids to help keep everyone on track. Foundry game is on point.
Larry
Played 1 sessions
Clarissa did an awesome job weaving together the crazy ideas we each threw at her into a coherent and entertaining engagement. All of us felt included and had a wonderful time.
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