Opossum (he/him)
5.0
(6)
2 years on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Storytelling, World Builder, Inclusive
About me
Howdy from the City of San Antonio, Texas. My name is Opossum, and I have been a Game Master for about 7 years. Ttrpgs have been a main staple in my life for almost a decade and I have been evolving with the scene since I first started playing dungeons and dragons 5e back in highschool. I have went to the wringer of Bad, cool, completed, and ongoing campaign (half of which I have personally GMed); as such I want to bring my experience to players old and new. I want not just a murder sess with Caves and Kobolds, but to bring games to those looking for inhabited settings, flushed out rules, horrors, and sometimes some really dumb fun. Unofficially, I have written many campaigns, campaign settings, and have play tested most of them with good results. Officially, I have access to a lot of modern DND 5e books as well as some for Pathfinder 2e, VTM, and Monster of the week. Here are the DND 5e books I could run as well: Curse of Strahd, Tyranny of Dragons, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, Candlekeep Mysteries, Storm King's Thunder, Ghost of Saltmarsh, as well as the Icespire starter pack for new players.
GM Style
I have been around the block when it comes to games. In general, my sessions have many opportunities for roleplay; especially as I fill in the world for my players with backgrounds, funny voices, NPC names(incase I want to give them consequences for murdering ransom people), to even doing in campaign romance if they are okay with it. I reward creativity, character consistency, as well as strategy even when it foils my plans. As for combat, I also love it as well, and have made MANY things for players to use in my campaigns for the action economy to deal with the very scary things I throw at them. Acting as a good segway, most of my campaigns involve the following: horror, intrigue, drama, survival, strategy, and many genres created by those following. As a GM I specialize in planning, descriptions, improvisation, narration, and storytelling. I have a few requirements: -no chaotic evil characters -Don't be hostile to the rest of the players -If you have any problems, don't hide them and message me, I'm always willing to listen. -Don't be hateful, I will not tolerate any homophobia, transphobia, racism, misogyny, and others of those elk. -If you can't make it to sessions, don't be afraid to say so, the game will be here for later, take real issues first please. Here are some general topics warnings for my Homebrew campaign, and especially the official ones: -fantasy racism -xenophobia -violence -body horror -psychological horror -religious horror -economic instability -economic warfare -death -child death -descriptions of torture -accounts of abuse
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Game Master Reviews (6)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
World Builder
Inclusive
Matt Garcia
This DM did great! He provided awesome story telling and plenty of combat and role playing opportunities.
Oscar
Very great world builder, this GM has built over 10 campaigns and has over 6 years of experience in tabletop gaming. This GM uses the rule of cool very appropriately and is very flexible with new character creation ideas. All campaigns I've played so far with this GM have been great and felt fresh compared to most of the pre-written campaigns that wizards of the coast spew out each year. Definitely recommend playing with this GM, whether you're a beginner or a pro.
Bobster Lobster
The way he plays is really chill. He has great storytelling abilities and can easily match the story to your character. He is a great guy and wonderful dm
Dagger Mouths
Opossum is a great GM that knows the rules of whichever game system he chooses to run, he knows how to change up a given module from the source material, and has inclusive spaces LGBT individuals, People of color, and both newer and older players wanting to play in a campaign.
Nistrae
Opossum is honestly such a wonderful DM. Not only is he enthusiastic about seamlessly placing any player's character within the existing realm and allowing their backstory to become prominent within the main story itself, but he takes great care with the nuances of worldbuilding in order to increase the impact of his storytelling. He will write out extensive documents just to get everything he has in his mind onto paper, but what I really enjoy the most about Opossum's DMing is his storytelling. His way of setting a scene will have me completely hooked! I've been scared for my life, enchanted by the sights surrounding, excited to delve deeper into mysteries that fell into our hands a little too perfectly, betrayed by unexpected twists, giddy beyond belief, and so much more. I think that Opossum would be a great DM for anyone interested in mainly RP. That's not to say that those who want a little action won't be able to find it, in fact, Opossum has given us truly terrifying combat experiences from time to time! He will find ways to make enormous battles unfold seamlessly, to back you into a corner and have to think about the consequences of the fight going forward... but I can see the amount of work he puts making sure that player characters are truly valued, and that their influence on a story can lead to compelling and rich moments of narrative beauty. I really cannot recommend him enough.
Nicholas village
Honestly I've played with terrible DMs before who ruined the dynamics between players and characters before. But this guy has restored my love for this game! 100/10, amazing DM, honestly!
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