Erick

he/him

5.0

(57)

Timezone

America/los Angeles

Language

English

Spanish

Identity

Hispanic/Latinx

Published Writer

Multi-lingual

About Erick

My name is Erick. I have played Tabletop RPGS for 30 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.

At a glance

5 years on StartPlaying

50 games hosted

Highly rated for: Teacher, Creativity, Sets the Mood

Featured Prompts

I became a GM because

Because I could not find the type of game I wanted to play. It was the first time I saw Critical Role that I realize there was a more storytelling way to play. Since I could not find games with that style of play, I decided to run games that are story driven.

My favorite system of all Time is

definitely Dread. The usage of the tower puts a true feeling tension that description can't do a lone.

When I'm not running games I'm...

I am photographing people. As a portrait photographer it is my job to tell someone's story. I love hearing their stories and understanding them and representing the story of who they are as a photograph.

How Erick runs games

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 custom open world. But I am down with what ever players would like to play in. I am a fan of 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. TLDR: I enjoy storytelling and character development mixed with tactical combat.