Lauri

he/him

4.9

(9)

Timezone

Europe/helsinki

Language

English

Finnish

Identity

LGBTQ+

Voice Actor

Game Designer

Multi-lingual

About Lauri

A "hello" and a hug from Finland! I'm Lauri, nice to meet you, shall crack on and craft a story together? What kind of tale would you like to tell today? I post available One Shots regularly and I'm more than happy to run a homebrew or pre-written campaign too if asked. But who am I... AS A PERSON? I am a professional actor from Finland, a university-certified nerd, a life-long gamer and an undeniable geek. I'm a dog person, film-maker, collaborator and I enjoy long conversations in the dead of night while staring at the beautiful star-lit sky (or more often, my less-beautiful, not-at-all-star-lit ceiling). AS A GAME MASTER? I have been GM'ing games for a little over 2 years now and playing dnd for almost 5 years, dnd 5e having been the very first edition I ever played, so still relatively fresh and enthusiastic about this wonderful community. MY MAIN STRENGHTS are in story-focused games where roleplaying and combat are in focus, the NPC's have a variety of voices from weirdly goofy to harsh and dark, and equally tragic backstories. I love to put the player's characters and their backstories to the front and centre, in both heartwarming and grim ways. I MAKE MY OWN MAPS AND DESIGN HOMEBREW GAMES in hopes of giving you a chance to play something you've never played before. I bring my skills and knowledge as an actor and a writer to the forefront in order to give you the best experience that I can. WHAT KIND OF GAMES AND STORIES DO I LIKE TO RUN? I like morally grey decisions, goofy and weird situations, and using the game to explore variety of topics. I like to focus on decisions, role play and combat, with occasional puzzle here and there. At one moment you are healed by a joyfully singing cupcake dancing atop your head, while a moment later death comes to collect your siblings because they pissed of an elder god or sold her soul to a devil. Whether you are looking for a lighthearted escapist fantasy, a dark story where you are the only light and hope, confronting what it means to be alive or a combination of all, I might have just the game for you.

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

31 games hosted

Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Inclusive, Creativity

$15 per session

Featured Prompts

My favorite books are

...going to be burning on a pile of lost wisdom if the world keeps turning more and more into Tiamat's sandbox. Those include... -Game Of Thrones -The Martian -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower -...and the core rulebooks for dnd, if the time spent with them is of any sort of indication

The three words my players would use to describe me are...

Funny... in a goofy kinda way. Storyteller... emotions power the core engine of the games I run. Kind... I hear you and I wanna collaborate with you.

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

...learning from the games I've ran, planning games, playing games, thinking about pondering about planning games, doing yet another Baldur's Gate 3 run, or working on some film or play, or playing.

How Lauri runs games

Collaboration and kindness are at the core of what I do and what kind of games I wish to be part of. I wish to offer you places and situations to immerse and challenge yourself while having fun with the group. So shall we tell a tale together? In the games I run: -roleplay and combat tend to take focus -scenarios are built to offer difficult choices and chances to find creative solutions -players have a big impact on the type of story we tell, and where it leads us -DND and the table I offer are safe places to express, feel, discover, tell stories, make mistakes, pick each other up and then overcome the obstacles What skills do I bring? -I'm an experiences as an actor, writer and theatre director -I am a life long geek, nerd and a gamer -I make my own maps and carefully curate all soundtracks -I also have a background as a scuba diver, and as such handling pressure and stress is something I excel at Homebrew is often the way I like to go in terms of designing campaigns and one-shots, but I also like to run games like... -Curse Of Strahd -Heist Of Waterdeep -Deadfall Feel free to contact me if you'd like me to run a spesific campaign for you.

Featured Prompts

If my games were Movies they'd be directed by...

Robert Eggers, Kathryn Bigelow and Wes Anderson - all three constantly fighting for control over the story, pulling strings on equal measure and still somehow putting a cohesive and unified experience together.

I prep by

taking a look at the players' character sheets first, so I can find ideas for interesting decisions, problem solving and personal story moments. Then I figure out a few challenges that either make the players look capable, or challenge them in creative ways. Finally, I make a map and add enemies.

My games focus on...

...roleplay, collaborative story crafting and combat, with strong choices and a few puzzles here and there. They are often full of goofy humour, mature themes and focus on character stories, relationships and the stories players wish to tell.

Lauri's ideal table

((Availability: Mon-Sun 3pm - 03.00am Eastern European time (EEST). Available beyond that if asked in special occasions.)) The ideal table is a table where everyone has a good time. But a best version of that table is...as far as I can imagine it, a perfect marriage between deeply thought-out and well immersed character stories told throughout moments of roleplay, combined with challenging combat and absolutely bananas dice rolling shenanigans.

Featured Prompts

I am for a vibe that's...

mixing goofy fun and humour with mature themes, character-driven stories and tough decisions.

I love it when a player

...wants to get immersed and to roleplay. I also love it when they want to test out their character's limits in combat, when they initiate discussions, want to learn and become better at the game, or when they try to make sure everyone is having as good time as they are at the table.

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

...are not interested in each other's characters or collaborating with one another. We're in this together.