David
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About David
Hello! I'm David Knight, storyteller, world builder, and Dungeon Master. With 10 years experience both playing and running long-form D&D campaigns, I love games that focus on the players' tragic backstories interwoven into juicy, lore-filled landscapes. You can hear me as Dungeon Master for the No Small Rolls podcast, where I've guided our troupe through 101 episodes of our first campaign, alongside shorter 4-6 episodes adventures, weaving intrigue, plot twists, and silliness. I love good head-scratching puzzles, social deductions, and rug-pulls that keep the players on the edge of their seats or taking big swings to overcome the challenges. I have the most fun when everyone at the table is so engaged in the story that I get to sit back and watch them have fun.
At a glance
4 years on StartPlaying
2 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive
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My favorite books are
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
When I'm not running games I'm...
writing music for open-air shakespeare shows or editing a podcast.
How David runs games
Roleplay, Puzzles, and Mysteries. I love setting up scenes that give space for players and their characters to dive in and untangle a problem. I like building lore-rich worlds but lay engaging stories over the top for players to grab hold. I've found that relying on too many obscure lore points can make the gameplay more of a memory test than a satisfying solve, but the lore is there ready and waiting for anyone who wants to sink their teeth into it.
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I once ran a session...
for 30 people. Never again.
My games focus on...
story through roleplay, puzzles, and mysteries. Combats happen organically and random encounters that don't serve the world building are rare.
When it comes to voices
I try to make important NPCs have clear accents/voices and other characters fall into a few stock voices. So many cockney tavern keepers.
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