Robert the Dragon's Ante
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About Robert the Dragon's Ante
Hey there, I'm Robert, your friendly neighborhood game master. A pleasure to meet you and thanks for taking the time to read my profile. Below are some questions and answers to better portray myself on this wonderful site. Hope to talk to you soon! ๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?: A passionate roleplayer that loves to try new things, discover new lore and meet new people. ๐บ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐?: Tons, over 20 years of roleplaying as a player and over 15 years as a Game Master. โ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก?: My experience ranges from classic Dungeons and Dragons including 5th Edition, 4th and 3.5 to many World of Darkness series, both Old and New, Shadowrun, Dark Heresy, Savage Worlds, HERO and Pathfinder. ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐?: Immersive roleplaying, creative in depth combat encounters, intriguing and beguiling puzzles, complex lore, NPCs that will come to life lifted right from the game, semi decent voice acting(at least I'd like to think so), a combination of improvisation and set story to allow for a fully customized story for everyone involved. The flexibility of always discussing anything home brew and trying to bring your ideas to life while incorporating them into the story. Most importantly a wonderful time for everyone involved. โจ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?: I believe that everyone should be whomever they were always meant to be. I'm very LGBTQ+ friendly and more importantly I respect everyone's identity and time. Regardless of your status I'll treat you with the same amount of respect that I'm treated with and that I'd give to anyone else. My ears are always open to listen and I'm always happy to learn. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐?: I would like to think that I am quite a safe and open Game Master. I have an Open Door policy, use and incorporate a X, N and O system, always talk through the Lines and Veils of a group before each session and try to give fair warnings ahead of time for what situations may come up. Whenever it feels like a break is needed I tend to take it for the group. And I always do a check in 15 minutes before and after a Session to see how everyone is doing and how I can improve upon their experiences. ๐ก๏ธ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐?: I tend to do the majority of the roleplaying for a Session in the form of theater of the mind while incorporating pictures, maps and rolls where necessary to help better immerse my players in the environment and world. If I can I like to use music and I'm steadily learning new forms of audio manipulation to bring the scenes all the more to life. ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ?: I'd like to think I am quite flexible both for what I accept into stories as far as homebrew is concerned and my time of availability to accommodate player timing. I do my best to answer questions as soon as I can, be available outside of session time to help players flesh out their characters and stories and also to adjust the timing of my games to better accommodate the players involved as needed. My Direct Messages are always open to anyone that has questions. โ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐?: I generally use Discord when it comes to running things, I find it to be easier to move things around and set up numerous channels there to organize my worlds. I also use Roll20 for a lot of my lore storage and map storage for those that need a visual representation. I tend to use Mythweavers as a place to make and store character sheets, but I'm familiar with D&D Beyond and other sheet storage platforms, so it is whatever my players are most comfortable with. Perhaps in the future I'll become more well versed with other platforms and add them to my options, but for now those are the primary two I use. ๐งโ๐ป ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ?: Generally I'd like my players to be able to use a microphone during play, though I don't find it necessary. If you can keep up through typing while others talk that is your choice. I don't require webcams as I generally don't use one myself currently, though maybe I'll get one in the future, but never a requirement. More importantly I hope my players come to the game with an eagerness to play, an open mind to possibilities and the readiness to be immersed in a strange new world and situation. I hope to have numerous interesting adventures together, both the calm and the wild. ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ?: First of all, thank you for taking the time to read through my Profile. I'm sure it was a long one and I hope your time and effort was worth it. Please feel free to contact me with any of your questions and concerns, my messages are always open. I hope you have a wonderful day/night, whatever it may be for you. It would be wonderful if we have the chance to get to know one another better, play a session or two together and see how well we mesh. If we don't then I'll always wish you luck to finding someone that does give you what you seek. ๐
At a glance
1 year on StartPlaying
1 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Creativity, World Builder
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I got started GMing...
Back in college when I was secretary of the local gaming club. Through that I met lots of wonderful people and players with several Game Masters giving me tips and tricks that I still carry with me to this day. I learned a lot back then and I hope to eventually be an inspiration for others to GM.
How Robert the Dragon's Ante runs games
I love creativity, bringing one's ideas to life. To me a game isn't all about the system, it is more about the story to be told between the characters, for the characters, about the world around them. How they change it to be their own, to add to or even subtract from it. As much as I enjoy combat I don't typically do straight forward fights. My enemies are smart and will use whatever advantages they have to win with dynamic and immersive maps. ๐คบ I do enjoy some forms of darker themes, but all within the limits for what players are comfortable with. Limitations are always to be discussed beforehand and I believe that while the players should generally win in the end, I don't think they should just be handed it, but rather have to earn it through hard work and struggle. I'm not one to pull punches, but I'm also flexible and willing to rule of cool a lot of things if I think it fits the situation at hand. ๐ช I try to make every NPC important, giving them details that matter and if you should like them I try to make them likeable. If you should need to hate them, well I try to make you really hate them. While I do like to do homebrew, my goal is to give everyone a chance to shine and feel in center stage. I'm also always open to hear feedback and criticism from my players because I want us all to enjoy the experience of writing out a story together. ๐๐ Thank you for taking the time and effort to read through my monologue and have a wonderful day/night.
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