Andy R (he/him)
5.0
(23)
3 years on StartPlaying
21 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Knows the Rules
About me
Greetings! Over the past couple of years I've had the pleasure of running a multitude of one-shots, short campaigns, adventure modules, and even a couple homebrew campaigns of my own. I'm the type of DM whose idea of a fun time is to spend hours reading through books, resources, lore, rulings, etc. Running D&D games has become one of my favorite things to do and I really can't get enough of it, hope this gives you an idea of how I feel about the game. I'd say the main reason I love to run D&D is to meet all the great characters that people imagine up and bring to life while we play. I'm sure many great characters live in your imagination, and it would be awesome to see them brought to life in our games. --------------------------------------------------------------- I also take requests for Custom One-Shots! Private message for more information!
GM Style
My goal is to present wonderful locations for the characters to explore, reward creative solutions to problems and puzzles, create engaging NPCs and interesting role-playing encounters, and when all else fails - tactically challenge the players and their abilities in combat. In our game we will have more than plenty of opportunities to crack jokes and laugh, but also there may be serious situations, in-depth conversations, tough choices - all things to make your characters the heroes of the story. I'm not a rules-lite DM but I don't dwell on them either. If I can't recall the rule in that moment or a dispute cannot be solved in under 30 seconds, I make use of "on-the-spot" rulings going with what makes the most sense in the moment, and correcting after the session, and if I made a mistake, I'll toss some inspiration your way. Regular feedback is something I ask from my players, and I always go out of my way to make sure that people are happy with the game and their characters. My goal is that everyone has fun and always looks forward to the next session.
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Game Master Reviews (23)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Teacher
Creativity
Knows the Rules
Brandon Lima
Played 12 sessions
Andy was great with our group of beginners, beyond nice and attentive of us. He was very good with the rules and speeding the game along for us considering we're pretty slow players. His one-shot was very well prepared and Andy was an expert using Foundry and guiding us through it. And truly, the nicest guy. EDIT: 12 sessions later, finished up our campaign, and starting a new one soon. That should tell you how much we've enjoyed Andy's DMing!
Samuel
Played 11 sessions
Andy is a great DM! He encourages creativity, knows the rules well but what always comes first is making sure you're having fun. I look forward to future campaigns with him.
Jose
Played 10 sessions
Andy was a great DM for our group of players which consisted of some beginners and more veteran players. I had a terrific time in all my sessions and would 100% recommend him to anyone. He sets a great story and the action was always exhilarating.
Squee
GM was always able to riff with players and improvise exciting scenarios with little to no warning.
Ben
Andy really cared about player enjoyment without holding punches. He created an environment to test the skills of new players while giving enough respect to veterans in terms of combat difficulty and RP moments. Incredibly funny to riff with and sets the tone well with background music, character voices, and descriptions. Andy tries to find moments for all players to truly shine in both RP and combat. He'd work with players to give them the chance to do cool things and was willing to bend rules slightly to maximize the fun we had. It was an amazing time!
Jude
If I could pick more than 3 tags, I would. This was my first time ever playing D&D, so I was a little lost about it about character creation, combat, role play, etc. However, he went out of his way to help me with all of that. We had several hilarious/goofy moments, as well as serious/intense situations brought upon us. Even though he helped me ease into D&D at first, he did NOT pull punches (glad he didn't). Was a very fair DM when it came to allowing/not allowing certain things, and rewarded players for creativity as well as being immersed in the role play. There was always great energy during our sessions, and I couldn't have asked for a better first taste of D&D.
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