Erick (he/him)
5.0
(26)
4 years on StartPlaying
15 games hosted
Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Visual Aid
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
My name is Erick. I have played Tabletop RPGS for over 25 years now. If you ever told me that I could get paid to play TTRPGs I would have thought you were joking. But here I am today. The CEO of StartPlaying asked me join StartPlaying during beta just before the pandemic. When the pandemic lifted I went back to running in-person games at game rooms where I live. I now back on StartPlaying to open up to online games again. I have run games for events, conventions and Adventure League helping people learn and understand TTRPGs for the first time. And for the advanced players, I have offered challenging and intriguing memorable stories. I have traveled the world as a travel photographer connecting with people and telling their stories. Now it is time to create our own stories together. Let us sit down with a group of friends, roll some dice and tell a story together.
GM Style
I am a very story driven GM with heavy emphasis on story telling, roleplay and character driven stories. I like developing of characters and see them grow. I prefer to play in my open world homebrew. But I am down with what ever players would like to play in. I am a fan of low/medium fantasy settings as I have come from AD&D 2nd Edition and Warhammer Fantasy RPG. So I am a fan of a human heavy world. But I have been known to enjoy high fantasy worlds as well, especially with craziness like The Magicians. Just ask my players about their Fey Realm adventures. Despite being heavy with the roleplay, I love tactics when it comes to combat. My goal focused "monsters" think with survival in mind and will run or try to take advantage of the terrain as well as their abilities. In general I tend to go with the flow but also do not mind letting the dice make the decisions as well.
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Game Master Reviews (26)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Teacher
Creativity
Visual Aid
Okami
New review
Played 1 sessions
I had my first ever D&D experience via a Dragon Hunting beginners one-shot hosted by Erick. He did an amazing job with a group of complete beginners, was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and ensured we all had a great time. Enjoyed it so much and I hope to join a campaign with Erick in the future!
Biqij
New review
Played 1 sessions
Erick was really welcoming and patient. None of us had ever played D&D or used a VTT before and two of us had never played a VTT but he made it a friendly environment to figure stuff out and have fun. The game was awesome and I really loved his characters - the backstories definitely led to some further discussion among the three of us after the game. We had some technical issues on roll20 but Erick helped us reach a workaround so that we could keep playing. We talked to Erick about it on stream and we know he is already aware but in case it would be helpful to Start Playing in general - it would be really nice to have everything all in one place because it was tough to keep flicking between the chat and the character sheet and discord, especially when still getting used to where everything is.
Lauren
New review
Played 1 sessions
Erick was a great GM for the first-timers one shot that we ran. Very fun, explained everything as we went along in a way that didn’t detract from still getting to focus on the game and getting in good experience roleplaying and interacting with the world.
Cam
Played 1 sessions
Erick is great. He was incredibly helpful when any question was asked or any technical problem showed up. He was willing to take feedback and made the whole experience fun. I highly recommend him.
Vincente
If you're looking for a fun, well constructed and visually stunning game, please join one of Erick's games, 10/10!
Wyrd
Eriks a solid gm, knows his stuff and shows skill and experience. Good energy and ready availability thats rare to see these days.
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