DM Val (he/him)
4.8
(48)
2 years on StartPlaying
133 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Storytelling
Average response time: 24+ hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
I am an experienced D&D 5e player and dungeon master. I am also a writer and former educator, and I love weaving stories and delivering a colorful presentation to players. My games are open to players of all backgrounds and respect for others is crucial. LGBTQ+ Friendly
GM Style
I excel at weaving colorful narratives and a blend of all three pillars of D&D: combat, exploration, and social exploration. I prefer using virtual tabletops, but I will occasionally delve into theater of the mind for an improvised encounter. I love characters with a good backstory that I can weave into the narrative of the game. For my games, respect for other players (myself included) is paramount and PVP is limited if not off-limits. I am committed to making sure everyone in the game is having a good time.
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Game Master Reviews (48)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Teacher
Storytelling
Harrgoth
Great time! Plz join one of his games you wont regret it!
Kiali Jelinek
Played 1 sessions
This was one of the best one shots I've ever been in! I was given a whole new DND experience and had a blast doing it. Can't recommend DM Val enough!
Mumen
Definitely cares if you're having a good time and hilarious with the reactions when you do something "off script" 🤣
Mark
He's a friendly and interesting guy who probably is good running more relaxed, long-form campaigns and clearly is willing to let players try anything. However, he acknowledged that he has issues with staying focused and managing time in one-shots, and he had difficulties setting up and running Roll 20 as well (the map scaling and orientation were way off, and dynamic lighting didn't seem to be working). The results were only fair, but from other comments clearly one-shots are not where he shines.
Ryan F
Played 1 sessions
Val is a decent story teller but the advertisement for his game was a creature feature that took 3 hours to get to the advertised single monster fight.
Zxpie
I was barely able to get a chance to play with this DM, but I could already tell that he took his player's feelings and suggestions into great consideration.
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