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MssngrDeath

MssngrDeath (any/all)

5.0

(4)

LGBTQ+
Game Designer

Less than a year on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Creativity, Rule of Cool

About me

I hit the 10,000-hour mark in tabletop roleplay years ago, but golly there's still so much neat stuff I haven't played. I wrote D&D Stats in Simple Language, which you can still find scattered all over the web today, and I DM according to The Laws (below).

GM Style

Law #0 – The goal of the game is to have fun. Law #1 – The DM is always right. ---First Corollary – But not always entirely right. Law #2 – The player is at all times allowed to screw themselves over. Law #3 – A character is allowed to have anything, as long as it is treated like something that already exists. Law #4 – Players are expected to attempt a cooperative in-game environment. Law #5 – Every character must have the opportunity to be awesome.

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Game Master Reviews (4)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Knows the Rules

Creativity

Rule of Cool

Thomas “Gloves” Dowdy avatar

Thomas “Gloves” Dowdy

I have been a player in about ten campaigns run by MssngrDeath, and I am consistently blown away with both the work he puts into crafting his campaigns and the skill he displays at the table. Does great character-acting and scene-setting.

Laura Highcove avatar

Laura Highcove

Have been in at ton of campaigns run by this DM and they know the system well enough to be able to tell great stories and let their players have a ton of leeway with their own characters in each campaign. If you want to play a very specific character concept, no matter how silly, or weird, this is the DM for you.

Michael Blake Mutschler avatar

Michael Blake Mutschler

Extraordinarily skilled and experienced in running D&D 3 thru 5 +Pathfinder. I've played in multi-year campaigns under him and employed him professionally to run weekly public 1-shots in an FLGS setting. He also ran a DMing advice blog for several years that was of such a quality that major publishers referenced its content.

Calieleven avatar

Calieleven

I have been playing in MssngrDeath's games for about 15 years now, beginning before he started on StartPlaying. In that time his campaigns consistently have interesting characters, fun puzzles, and are overall a great experience. He has excellent knowledge of the game systems that he runs, and encourages player creativity. Highly recommended.

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