Aaron Fair

he/him

Timezone

America/los Angeles

About Aaron Fair

Hi, my name is Aaron and I live in Portland, OR with my wife and dog. I studied creative writing in college, and am currently self-employed as a writer/freelance game designer. I started playing tabletop games after playing Baldur's Gate when I was 14. I started with 3e but have since branched off into more and more systems. I have run several campaigns in dnd, pathfinder, shadowrun, coriolis, myz, starfinder, numenera, really I feel like I've ran almost everything! As for my GM style I like to integrate player character stories into the narrative so the more info I get the more of that I can do! When I run published adventures this usually entails a bit of rewriting and shifting things around so it helps if players make a character they can feel invested in. I foster a more serious grounded tone in my games so I'm not the best fit for a chaos-goblin style campaign. As far as rulings go I do my best to know pretty much all the rules of any game I'm playing but if there are any issues I will make a snap judgement to keep the action moving, then research later. To support this when I run a game my word is final on any rules. That said, I like to improvise character stuff during play for the PCs and the PLAYER always has final say over this, as an example if you indicated you wanted to find your lost brother and during a game I reveal that one of the bad guys is actually your brother, you are in the clear to say "no I don't like that."

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

How Aaron Fair runs games

I like more serious grounded tones for my games, and I like to run combat tactically. I will almost always have a battle map so no theatre of the mind and I like to present a decent challenge to players, and let the dice fall as they may. I do a lot of character work when I write scenarios so the more information about your character you can provide the more of that I can weave into the narrative, but don't feel like you have to generate everything at the beginning I also enjoy improvising and developing characters during sessions.