False Cognate (he/him)
5.0
(5)
3 years on StartPlaying
1 game hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, World Builder
About me
Do you want an adventure crafted for your characters? Do you want to have as much fun drinking in a tavern with your party as you do when destroying your enemies? Then I'm your Dungeon Master! I have been playing tabletop-RPGs for as long as I can remember, and I have been DMing for almost 8 years now. I love to challenge my players - not only in battle, but with explorations of the development of my players' characters. Even if using pre-made modules, my focus is on the players and helping them to feel part of the world they are playing in. I love to play with old players and new players, the level of experience does not matter to me! The most important rule I have learned while DMing is that everyone has fun! Don't roll for initiative, just message me and we'll get started on your party's greatest adventure! Games I am able to DM: Dungeons & Dragons 5E, Dungeon World, Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight, Lancer
GM Style
My preferred Game Master style is a mix of roleplay and challenging combat. However, every party is different. My ultimate goal however, is for every party to feel like their characters are living within a world where choices matter, and the people they meet have lives beyond the party killing the rats in the mayor's basement. I like players who enjoy acting in character, and I like crafting challenges for my players where fighting their way out is almost never the only solution.
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Game Master Reviews (5)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Creativity
World Builder
Allocura
I've been playing with False for almost 6 years and he's always been stellar as a player and DM, always does his best to acommodate player creativity and implement rules as fun.
HotButterKnife
I've been playing with False for 3 years, about the same time as I've been DMing games myself. We've been playing together in a Ravnica themed campaign, and it was my first longstanding experience as a player. So I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that False is a terrific DM and world builder! When I started playing 5th Edition, I was struggling to find my rhythm with my first character, as I couldn't connect with it and role-play properly. Talking with False, he allowed me to re-roll my character, no fuzz and no worries. Since then, I've been grooving with a high-leveled rogue that I not only connect with, but anticipate to play as every weekend. False didn't just give me an interesting world to play in, but a stage to let my character shine on. He used my character's backstory to the fullest, and allowed me to create half-a-dozen other stories that I have a blast going through, along with memorable NPCs. We're now at the last leg of our campaign, and it's escalated in such a satisfying way, against an Endless (horn(y)ed) god. After all this time, I not only consider him as my glorious DM, but as a lifelong friend. Don't sleep on this man! He knows how to put his heart and soul into his games. :)
Perf
Very in-depth story building with lots of plot twists and good RP, NPCs that felt alive and made us all feel very invested
Robert
Straight up, he is an amazing person during the game and outside of it.
Ned
I played in a campaign of his years ago, as part of a beginner's game. The group didn't know anything about dnd, and he was patient while we learned the game. I remember there was a group of characters that seemed like friends to us, and we had long talks with them in a bar after a mission. Later on it turned out they were working for the villain, and we had a very hard time deciding what to do with the characters that we felt were our friends. We ended up talking with them and making a deal, so that we didn't have to fight but still do our jobs. Later on we were in front of our bosses, we had to make it seem like we were bitter enemies, using illusions and acting to fight to the death without actually killing anyone. It was tons of fun and False was a great DM!
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