Dess
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About Dess
Hiiii, I’m Dess! I’ve been dm’ing for a couple years now, I’ve done mostly homebrew but I have run a few prewritten! Most of my experience is with DND 5e/2024, but I am open to learning new systems! I love writing, Minecraft, philosophy, and poems! I love making new stories, and learning ones!
At a glance
Less than a year on StartPlaying
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I became a GM because
I’m a natural storyteller. It’s what I’ve always been best at, and an interactive story is always the most fun. So I’m here to tell stories, with your help!
My favorite books are
I absolutely love anything by Blake Crouch, Rick Riordan, and I’m a fan of the Unwanteds series!
When I'm not running games I'm...
Usually still writing stories! I can never stop
How Dess runs games
I’m a storyteller at heart! I try to incorporate elements of everything- combat, storytelling and puzzles!
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I prep by
If I’m running pre-written, I’ll read through a good amount of the content to prep, try to think of how to react to player decisions, and maybe tweak a few things for a more unique experience. If I’m running homebrew, I’ll create a map, research creatures, and make sure any encounters are balanced!
Rules are...
Malleable! DND is more about having fun than it is following a strict set of orders, so if something bends the rules a little bit, but it makes the game more fun, I might let you do it!
When it comes to voices
I do not have a very wide range, and I do get a little embarrassed, but I’ll try my best
Dess's ideal table
My ideal table would be people who get along decently well, and will pay attention and work together to make a good story for themselves.
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I love it when a player
Takes notes. Honestly, it helps everyone at the table remember, in my opinion. And it means I can add small, important details that will have a bigger impact later on.
I think metagaming...
Can be allowed! However, I will make you roll for it. Nature, History, something along those lines depending on the situation. Maybe your character heard talk of something that you happen to remember upon being met with it!
My table is not the place for...
Anything sexual. At no point will anything of that nature be delved into or described at all. If you want to, say, seduce a guard for information, that’s fine. But we’ll just skip forward to when you have the information and rejoin the party.
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