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Keaton Howerton

Keaton Howerton (he/him)

Less than a year on StartPlaying

About me

My friend introduced me to D&D and I was actually pretty hesitant about it. I had never done anything like it and thought it would be too much for me, like it would be too nerdy of something for me to do. Little did I know that I would fall in love with the TTRPG in the very first session when I got to create my character and then play at level 1. I could see the possibilities and craved to play more and more after that. My group played about once a week, then once every 2 weeks, and then we fell off. It was frustrating to not be able to see what else I could do in the game, but also my friend was GM'ing and he made it sound like a huge task to accomplish every week. Years later, I decided that after years of longing to play again and not being able to, I wanted to give it another shot. I dipped my toes into being a DM myself for my college teammates and it was...not great, lol. I was very new and controlling and restricted gameplay. However, I got my redemption a couple years later with the same group of friends I started with and we ended up playing a continuing campaign for about a year and a half. It was such a joy to get together with my fellas and see the excitement on their faces as I took them through different scenarios with their beloved characters. The hard truth is that there always seems to be an abundance of players and a shortage of people who are willing to GM. That's why I'm here: to be the GM that friend groups are looking for. To be the GM I wanted.

GM Style

My desire as a GM is to give my players an adventure packed with twists, turns, growth, laughter, and thrills. I want to get into the PC's backstories and have their stories and goals fleshed out in the games. I want to make connections with the PC's stories to the story we are playing in. I love roleplaying, but I understand that some players need an intro to it, and need to a GM to assist in getting them to try it out in a safe space. I can do a variety of voices and I'm just itching for the chance to make the world we play in full of color. I enjoy tactical battles, medium-stakes combat, and seeing players dive into their creativity to make things happen in ways even I wasn't expecting. My goal is to reward creativity and PCs really getting into their characters. I want them to solve the riddles and conundrums I set before them, I want them to outsmart me, but I won't make it easy peasy. I want to push them to be the best version of their characters AND themselves. I have a few house rules I usually play with, but I'm open minded to however players want to play. I will offer these up before we start. I also like to give players the option to start with a magic item, to start level 1 with a feat, and to home-brew magic items to their liking.

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