Heidi

she/her

5.0

(2)

Timezone

Europe/rome

Language

English

About Heidi

Hi, I'm Heidi! I'm a middle aged woman who began playing TTRPG's with PF1E in 2021 at a home table. Since then I've continually played a TTRPG of some sort either in person or online. I started DMing D&D 5e in 2019 at a home game, which I ran until I moved from San Diego, CA to Zadar Croatie in mid-2025. I've successfully completed multiple 5e long-form campaigns: Lost Mines of Phandelver with a custom-written campaign that extended that story to level 20, Tomb of Annihilation, Curse of Strahd, Dungeons of Drakkenheim, and a second custom written campaign level 1-15 with a lot of Heliana's content in it. I've also run many short game that were primarily 2-4 sessions long. I adapted Dungeons of Drakkenheim for the 2024 rules when the updated player's handbook came out and again when the updated monsters were available. I've run a bit of Shadowdark and some one shots in other systems, but I'd consider my GMing experience to be primarily 5e with minimal house rules. I use Discord extensively and have used multiple VTTs, although most of my GMing VTT experience is during in-person play to replace the map and sometimes run tokens/effects. I've been a player in Roll20 and FoundryVTT games (my current weekly game as a player uses this), but I dislike both platforms. So I will be running 5e games using AboveVTT and any other system games using Owlbear Rodeo, both with Discord for voice and coordination between players.

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Rule of Cool, Inclusive

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I got started GMing...

when a friend told me that if I didn't run a game in a local restaurant we loved but always seemed empty, then it would be my fault if the restaurant went under. We ran the game there until COVID made it impossible.

How Heidi runs games

I love roleplay first and foremost, but I am also a total sucker for well-executed, player-crafted shenanigans. Tell me your wacky plan, and I'll figure out how to give you a fair shot at making it happen! I love to laugh at the table, cheer my players on when they figure out some outrageous way to demolish my well-constructed combat, and keep the pace at the table lively and energetic. I consider "roleplay" to be anytime you make decisions for your character based on your character's perspective, rather than your own. It's roleplay whether you describe their action in the 3rd person, act it out in the 1st person using your best player voice, or a mix. All are valid! I'll do my best to give my NPCs a little flavor in the voice department, but you can expect me to switch between description and acting frequently. You can expect great maps and tokens appropriately implemented in a VTT to enable grid-based, tactical combat, atmospheric music, clearly communicated rules and expectations, and brief post-game summaries. I want you to have space to exercise your creativity, your character's abilities, and to make the in-game choices that will result in an epic story you'll always remember!