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Thom

Thom (he/they)

5.0

(12)

LGBTQ+
Neurodivergent
Published Writer
Game Designer

3 years on StartPlaying

35 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Inclusive

About me

Hello! My name is Thom, I've been professionally GMing online since the tail end of 2018. I started hosting paid sessions as a way to feed my hobby and also provide the best content I could to my players. This included getting art commissioned for commercial use, music licenses and other third party materials. My players told me that I should run this or that and so I did. In regards to systems-- D&D: 5e I am very knowledge and have ran extensively. 4e I've ran a few campaigns and wouldn't call myself an expert, 3.X/Pathfinder was the system I skipped to be blunt. I've mostly played systems that use it like Mutants and Masterminds. AD&D, B/X and 1e I'm rather fluent in as well. Dungeons and Dragons aside, I have a love and appreciate for quite a few game systems. Most popular titles I am familiar with and could run. If I had to say a particular niche I excel in, I would say OSR games (DCC and Mork Borg are two favs!). I am a huge fan of that scene, am a content creator and love supporting other indie/osr/small press devs. Of course, I can't go without mentioning the PbtA system and the games that come with it.

GM Style

I find myself to be a rather flexible GM. I do my diligence and plan appropriately but am fully capable of improving. I do *some* voices here and there, but I am no means a professional VA. I tend to cater to the group that I GMing for and the game system when it comes to crunch vs. fast and loose theater of the mind. I find that I can keep a good narrative pace and incorporate what the players would like to do while driving the game forward. I tend to keep a nice balance of rules as written, rules as intended and rules as fun. I also have a fair amount of experience weaving character arcs into an extended campaign.

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Game Master Reviews (12)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Knows the Rules

Inclusive

Edward Fulps avatar

Edward Fulps

Played 12 sessions

Thom is a wonderful DM. He was always willing to explore whatever crazy idea for my character I had, even when that was retiring the character mid way through the campaign with no notice. No issues, he was able to roll with the punches and kept the game moving in a fun and rewarding way. He's creative and welcomes to constructive criticism.

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Steven

Played 3 sessions

I've been playing with Thom for about a year now. I discovered his games on roll20 and have been through a few different 5e modules under his guidance. Thom really cares about the tone and safe space of the group, creating a very chill and engaging environment sandbox for us to play in. He's respectful and courteous to everyone at the table and expects a mutual treatment among his players. As a DM, Thom is incredibly knowledgeable about 5e, but also isn't afraid to tiptoe into other systems as well. He's showed me a picture of his source book library and it genuinely terrifies me how much is in there, but in a good way :) Sessions run smoothly under Thom, he adjudicates fairly and will tune combat to meet the overall challenge level the group is capable of. He's great at putting together map content and involving interesting and dynamic encounters. All in all, Thom is a great DM and comes highly recommended by a fellow "forever DM." If you get a chance to place in one of his games, you should definitely give it a try.

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Weitosch

Played 3 sessions

Great system knowledge, prepardness and availability out of game. Played through the better chunk of a 5e module and those sessions have been nothing but a pleasure and high points of my monday evenings.

Harrison avatar

Harrison

Amazing DM, every session is great. Can never wait till the next one.

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KM5K

Good GM. Knows the rules but also know when to bend the rules too. He's a good storyteller that keeps the players engaged as well. His best quality is that he is inclusive when selecting players without being a doormat; he is discerning without being judgemental. Every game I have player with him thus far has been comprised of really cool, fun and enthusiastic players and this partially due to him finding players that get the most out of playing with each other.

Sven avatar

Sven

Thom is the kind of GM who knows the rules and how they interact to help you to actualize your vision for your character. Lots of great advice comes out of comprehensive system mastery. I'm really thrilled to have been able to game with Thom and always look forward to the next sesh.

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