Mantis

he/him

Timezone

America/vancouver

Language

English

About Mantis

I enjoyed running game for friends and wish to give the chance to make that possible for others. I have experience in a range of systems and have been running games for around 6 years.

At a glance

1 year on StartPlaying

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

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I became a GM because

Generally I was the one who would GM. I usually did not play as a player.

I got started GMing...

Running Dark heresy first Edition back in 2013 for family and friends and have been trying to run and nor ruin games ever since.

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

Playing video games and petting my cat when I can or preparing for the next game I am going to run

How Mantis runs games

I try to focus on people having a good time and having fun. my style of "fun" may differ which is fine since there are plenty of people who will accommodate. I am fine with player freedom and seeing if they can succeed within reason. Burning down a orphanage just because they could is less interesting than something that will move the story forward or will assist the players.

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I deal with rules issues by...

Depending on the wording of the rules I'll either go with it or I will modify it with the agreeance of the players with the modification and add it to an addendum list of rule modification. I don't make modifications to rule during session on player suggestions.

Rules are...

Excellent guidelines for running the game but if the party is fine with it modification of the rules can improve the game as long as the players agree and are aware of the change ahead of time. Though in disputes follow rules as written is good enough to give time to rework it to be better.

When it comes to voices

I try to create voices to both create a distance between me expressing things as the GM and expressing things as the character, and so it is clear when I am speaking as one or the other. I understand if player are uncomfortable with doing that and don't require them to create a voice for them.

Mantis's ideal table

Those who are focused on having fun and have a general goal to accomplish. Not being to overly serious or stressing out to much on the game. Players who enjoy a good laughs and some solid combat.

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I think it's a red flag when players...

They place their own character and themselves as more important than the group they are playing with as it is a cooperative game to be enjoyed by everyone. Especially players who genuinely angry about their character's death.

I think metagaming...

Generally, I find using information you character cant know is an issue and directly oppose it and make my distaste for it clear. Its one thing discuss those things OOC but then to use it in game specifically for a personal advantage becomes a issue.

I think min/maxing...

Is fine, though don't be surprised if I had put blocks on progression that make much of the game trivial, this is only for the most extremes cases. I understand want to make a strong character and I also know dice are random and no matter how good they may be they may fail rolls and die anyways.