Steve

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How Steve runs games

I love to add a bit of humour and even the occasional cheeky reference into my games from other things that people might recognise. I like to try different accents for NPC’s but sadly a lot of them end up sounding like they come from London, even if that wasn’t the intention. I like to run through a plot, so my games can seem a bit constrictive to those used to more freedom. Having run games for so many new players for their first game I like to take the pressure off and offer the group a small selection of pre generated characters to choose from. I like a plot that features investigation, exploration, plenty of chance to talk to NPC’s but that also features combat multiple times, although certainly not guaranteed for every session. Being Warhammer the games will potentially have elements of injury detail, body horror and mental illness (Chaos Mutations) as well as prejudice, such as Dwarfs hating Goblins and disliking Elves. The characters will mostly be poor, it is a rare player character that can be considered wealthy, unless you choose a Noble, and magic items, weapons, armour etc are exceedingly rare. I love to engage the player characters in discourse through my NPC’s but am also happy for player less comfortable with this to simply state what 8 is they wish to say rather than roleplay it out.

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Steve's ideal table

Pretty chilled really, I like the players to talk to each other in character and to non player characters but I do not enforce this as I understand some people are just not comfortable doing it. If a tactics discussion involves rules and so talking out of character that’s fine too, I love to hear what the players are plotting to defeat my fiendish bad guys and in game awkward social interactions. I have no issues with someone wanting to roll dice for a charm test instead of roleplaying the attempt to charm the guards. I would appreciate it if people could avoid looking at their phones during the session, but of course if messages or calls need to be answered then go for it. I like a fun relaxed time gaming, not super grim or dark, but with enough grit to the game to make combat a risk if you either suffer some bad luck or the party plan an attack badly. I don’t actually want to kill the party but I’m not going to save them either, if you charge at a Dragon all alone you probably won’t be playing that character for very long… I actually really love running a game for new players, there is something really fun being able to reveal my version of the Warhammer World to people who don’t know it very much or at all. Also don't worry about thinking you might make a mistake and won’t know what to do, it is just a game, we’ll sort it all out and have a lot fun doing it.

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