Myriam (she/her)
5.0
(4)
1 year on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
About me
I was 14 years old when I played D&D for the first time. It was a school group with a nerdy teacher who opened his class during lunch time so like minded folks could meet. I started as a human cleric in a 3.5 setting. I will always remember my first game. Fast forward to college I got to meet incredible friends and amazing players. We had a blast with the 4th edition. I experienced my first homebrew world where I played a Longtooth Shifter cleric. What a tank she was. Then I played a druid hamadryad in Dark Sun. Unfortunately, we never got to finish the campaign, like so many others! How many loved character sheets are abandonned in my keepsake box? Way too many... Getting nostalgic now! Then came the 5th edition. A breath of fresh air. For me, it was a return to my roots. Steamlined, clear, less technical. I love love love it. I am currently a DM in a homebrew campaign. I have great players who come every week. It's awesome, but I need more. It's like an addiction. A beautiful one.
GM Style
I am very story oriented. I like to think of ttrpgs as collaborative storytelling more than a boardgame with rules. The players contribute as much to the story as the GM. The GM's role is more one of a narrator to the main characters than the one directing the show. I like players who want to follow/further the story and in turn I give a lot of freedom to explore, think outside the box and let them have agency. I reward when players help each other and think of the group and the main goal. I like puzzles, word games, complex plots, NPCs with more than one driving force. If you don't take notes, beware! All of this does not mean I do not know how to throw challenging encounters your way. Expect changing environment, timed challenges, dynamics galore.
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Game Master Reviews (4)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Creativity
Inclusive
Wicked
Myriam is an expert at providing campaigns that are huge in scope, but also deeply personal to the characters. She works directly with players to craft story arcs that kickstart motivation and creativity while also throwing intriguing hooks and surprises that our table still talks about to this day, years later. I've been a player in her campaigns for 5+ years. She is dedicated to promoting RP, creates believable NPCs with complete personalities that you will bond with, and despicable villains that I still curse to this day. She is an avid scribe, well organized, and an amazing artist. If she can't find the right map or character picture then she makes one. My character descriptions are often pages long as I can never find the right image online, and she's able to draw exactly what I had in mind. And they- are- AWESOME. Her talents as a DM are expansive, but she also knows how to look into the player's point of view. Working together with our table, she has crafted spells, items, and other wild ideas that supercharge our character's unique flavor. I have been a part of many tables, but none of them have stuck around as long as the ones that she runs. If you want achieve the dream to see the end of a short or long form campaign, I promise you she will get you there and you will celebrate every session leading up to that epic finale.
Sam Granquist
I have played with Myriam for many years and she is hands-down one of the best DMs I have ever had the honor of being a player for. She's considerate, conscientious, has a fantastic eye for detail and will make you hang on baited breath for the fate of all characters involved in whatever setting she works her magic on.
Ω Aerostaltzka Ω
Honestly, it's unfair to limit the number of tags used to describe Myriam to only 3, because she's got it all, fun characters, dynamic and interesting use of setting and sound, comfortable with both rules lawyering and also Cool Ruling. Her Characters always have fitting voices, depth and imagery. And to top it all off, I think I'm one of her newest players, she was welcoming and engaging straight away!
Blitz
I’ve been playing with Myriam as a GM for a few years now and she’s a terrific storyteller. The worlds she creates are complex and interesting. She's the kind of GM that work with us to create the story.
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