DM Doge (he/him)
5.0
(8)
2 years on StartPlaying
68 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, World Builder, Rule of Cool
About me
Hello and welcome! Feel free to hop into one of my games, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I'm laid back and love interacting with players of all different experiences. I love homebrewing adventure modules and adding my own unique twist or take to them. My goal is to allow your characters to thrive and develop however you see fit, while making sure their choices matter in an immersive and rich world. My games are open to people of all manner of background or experience. I also am open to designing custom campaigns for you and your friends. More on that below.
GM Style
Some things about my games: I run Play By Post-Text Based Adventures asynchronously, meaning there is no set time but that you get to play and post at your convenience. While I will respond multiple times a day, using ten years of writing experience to provide flavorful narration, characters, worldbuilding, that you and your brave companions can heavily influence and make choices in. My games tend to focus on narrative experience and player immersion, as well as deep worldbuilding, and NPCs with believable and consistent motivations and behavior. When playing these games you will have maximum freedom to roleplay your character as you wish. Custom Campaigns: Looking to scratch a fun DND itch but don't see anything that really matches? Then shoot me message because I will sit down with you and we can custom design a setting and campaign revolving around your interests. Whether you are solo player looking for a solo campaign, you are wanting to fill a custom game with yourself and whoever else happens by, or you and your friends want to create a custom experience. *Pricing varies So click some buttons, suit up, and let's get adventuring!
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Game Master Reviews (8)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
World Builder
Rule of Cool
DM Doge is excellent! I joined his Necromancer game back when it first started and it became the highlight of my week - I'd actively look forward to Saturdays because I knew I was about to have an awesome time with him and a group of people I love. The worldbuilding, the freedom to portray your character as you wish, among many other things really make you feel like you're not just playing a character, but an extension of yourself. He is also excellent at trying to make everyone happy to the best of his extent. I had to leave the game about a year into it due to unfortunate personal life matters, and when I tried to return for an occasional session, some issues arose due to the nature of it and caused some problems. Where most other DMs would panic or wonder what to do, he did his best to come up with a solution to keep anyone from being upset, and since then I'd had a bunch of excellent sessions with him. His ability to work through conflicts, be as flexible as necessary to keep everyone as happy as possible, and superb way of plotting out a story and watching it play out perfectly has shown me that he is a perfect DM. You're in for a good one if you sign up for one of his sessions, 100% guaranteed 10/10 would recommend
This dude is a legend. I have never had a game like the one we play with this guy, and I probably won't have one since. He has a marvelous sense of humor and an excellent energy for improvisation. He does a good job of making huge worlds with amusing and weird NPCs, yet still also is so good at rolling with new information and the weird tangents of his players that it feels like everyone has a hand in writing and influencing the deeply elaborate lore that comes about as part of the developing world. What we thought would be a straightforward war against a necromancer trying to take over an island a few years ago, has turned into a fully-fledged pre-apocalypse cornucopia of secret crimes, trippy mythology, and conspiracy theories, thanks to his delightful taste in input and his ability to synthesize everything into a consistent vision that always feels like we're going somewhere. The amount of weird memes and in-jokes I have that would alienate 99% of the world, has increased twofold thanks to this guy.
First of all, I could only select three tags about Doge, but 'Terrific Story Teller' would have been the fourth. He ran the first serious game I ever played after I was asked to fill in for another player that was leaving an ongoing campaign for personal reasons. I needed a lot of explanation to get into the groove of things and he was extremely patient and thorough. It was also really cool to me that he ran scheduled sessions over text chat, I don't believe I would've been willing to give it a try if not, I am just not a fan of voice chat and find reading far more immersive as far as digesting all the cool imagery and character details and being able to give thought out responses. Doge is I would say excellent at pacing and at creating complex moral situations and fascinating NPCs all with believable motives and capabilities. I have been playing with his group for a year now and the main plot still has good momentum while also allowing room for player characters to explore or develop in their own ways. He is also good at finding new ways to challenge even powerful characters while keeping events 'grounded' and believable, and not afraid to play hardball with consequences when players do things that are blatantly dumb or that the characters around them would obviously react to. All necessary details for immersion in the story and setting and feeling like your actions matter.
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