Daniel
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About Daniel
Rule of Cool GM who has been running for Decades.
At a glance
2 years on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling
$20 per session
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I got started GMing...
With the Marvel FASERIP system. My friend picked a hero, I chose a villain, and I came up with a scene in which they fought.
My favorite shows/movies are
Movies: The Spider-Verse movies, Star Wars Episode 1-8, The Princess Bride, Sinners, The Battle of Algiers, Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame, Black Panther TV: The Venture Bros, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Batman: The Animated Series, Abbott Elementary
How Daniel runs games
I'm a very conversational GM, so my games should feel like friends at a coffeehouse or a bar talking about a movie they all just watched. I tend to work theatre of the mind, but am working on using VTT Maps more effectively. I prefer a cinematic approach, so I use film language and pop culture references as shorthand. Rule of cool is rewarded at my table. Also, I try to keep things relatively open-ended and let the players guide the story.
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If my games were Movies they'd be directed by...
In order of most serious to least serious: Akira Kurosawa, George Lucas, James Gunn, Sam Raimi, Jim Henson
I once ran a session...
Using notes I wrote on a cocktail napkin at a bar the night before.
My favorite trope is...
Evil counterparts of the PCs.
Daniel's ideal table
If you believe more in the spirit of the rules than the actual letter, this is the table for you. If you've ever watched a movie or read a comic and statted your favorite character in your head, you're not alone. If you know that your character shouldn't go into the shed where the killer is hiding but your character does it anyway, welcome home.
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I think metagaming...
is unavoidable. Everybody knows that Trolls can't regenerate Fire Damage. But what happens when it starts raining? Let's find out together...
I think min/maxing...
is a fool's errand. If your PC outshines the other characters, the other players get bored and the campaign dies. If your PC can solo Dragons, the DM can always pull out a Tarrasque. If you want to build Batman, remember that on the Justice League, he's basically the party's rogue.
My perfect party mix is
similar to a great sitcom: there's a patriarch (keeps the party on track), a matriarch (able to talk things out), a craftsman (knows the rules better than the DM), and a clown (helps break the tension).
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