Don da DM
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About Don da DM
🇨🇦 I'm Canadian 🍁 🥰 I love it when a group comes together to interactively create a fantastical, fun, memorable story. 💥 I've just wrapped my 3rd full 5e campaign and cherish that bittersweet moment after the epilogue where you sign off for the last time. 🗺️ Setting the stage is my role and I dive in with gusto (and humour). You work with the other players to drive the story forward. However the story turns out, we'll have created it together, always having each others' backs. I'll also weave your backstory into the plot so your character has some time in a spotlight. Oh, and if we aren't laughing our butts off periodically, we are definitely doing something "wrong". 😆 ⏳ I have players who joined me early in the pandemic and are still gaming with me now. I started playing D&D very early on, DMed for over a decade, and then took a hiatus. I started 5e in April of 2020 after watching/donating to a charity D&D game with Felicia Day and The Guild cast being DMed by Amy Vorpahl (@vorpahlsword). 👉👈 Yes, I've been signed up to Start Playing for a while an am only now getting started with it. 😅 🎞️ Oh, and I use 19th century cameras & techniques to photograph folks in cosplay/costumes. My banner is a photo from a 'zombie walk' in Toronto, Canada.
At a glance
4 years on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Storytelling, Creativity
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My favorite shows/movies are
Bladerunner, Arrival, and Fight Club - I like a deep story with growth and twists.
The three words my players would use to describe me are...
Silly, dramatic, and inclusive.
How Don da DM runs games
👥 Ensemble focus ~ it's a shared story 🌟 Each character will have time to shine ~ you and your goals matter 🎥 Cinematic storytelling ~ at times dramatic, and other times grim 🎭 Collaborative & Character-driven ~ 🐉 High stakes ~ no fudging rolls; at times you'll really be challenged 🤗 Inclusive, neurodivergent friendly, and patient 🧵 Stitching narratives ~ I weave character stories and goals into published adventures 🧙♂️ Homebrewed WotC ~ I make quite a few changes to published modules 💕 Let's create some memorable, funny, emotional stories together.
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My games focus on...
telling a story together. The rules give us a foundation, and we'll bend them in the name of fun.
Don da DM's ideal table
🤹 Encouraging improvised action ~ try it, it might just work! ☺️ Emotional authenticity ~ emotional beats as essential gameplay moments 🧗♂️ Character growth ~ we'll all cheer you on in reaching your goals 😬 Tough adversaries ~ villains have goals and want to achieve them 🥳 Humour ~ especially welcome in the darkest moments
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