
Skyler (he/him)
5.0
(5)
3 years on StartPlaying
31 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Storytelling, World Builder
About me
"Now please, pay attention as I paint this picture for you, and lead you to a world beyond the Fey Horizon...." I'm Skye! (he/him) and I'm what I like to call a flexible GM. While I started off heavily inspired by the Critical Role streams, which opened my eyes to the incredible story telling potential of D&D and TTRPG's in general, I have since over the years evolved my own style, mixing narrative focus with both combat and social counters that allow players to highlight their unique attributes. While I tend stick very closely to the rules, I try very hard to allow players to have their moments to shine, creating story beats and side missions that focus on either their stories or will in some way highlight their particular class and interests as both a character and player. I GM stories based in my own world of Tey'lira, and have a website where I keep most of my worldbuilding information catalogued and organized, along with a Discord server where other players and GM's gather to play and explore the possibilities of my world and tell their own stories. It is a very living and breathing world that changes with each story told, where players have made drastic changes by introducing new organizations, religions, Gods, and other entities previously unknown to my world, and it's that kind of collaborative experience that I enjoy the most about this hobby. I have hosted games in all kinds of genres, from fantasy to sci-fi to steampunk. D&D 5E is my focus, but I also am dabbling in Cyberpunk RED and may host games for that system in the future!
GM Style
I am a heavy roleplay fan, though I do delve a great deal into making challenging and exciting combat scenarios, as well as bring the characters and NPC's to life with some amateur voice acting. I also am a heavy user of music to help set the mood and scenes.
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Game Master Reviews (5)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Voices
Storytelling
World Builder
Skyler has always given me and my group unforgettable experiences that we continue to retell and laugh about to this day. He truly cares about making unforgettable experiences and having fun. He keeps the players and characters in mind, along side his story vision, to weave the personal motivations and troubles of the characters into the overall story. He responds to what the characters and players do instead of railroading. He welcomes feedback and player ideas to encourage collaborative storytelling, working together to make an experience that everyone benefits from. If you want memories and stories you'll remember fondly forever instead of something to pass the time, this is the DM for you.
I really enjoyed the games I played with Skyler as the GM. I've always felt that the way the world and environments are told make me feel as though I could picture them with ease. Every time we got together I felt as though I was being teleported to another world with so many fanciful and beautiful things. The storytelling is top-notch and always made me want more. When the end of the night came I never truly wanted it to end. I also think that Skyler allows a great amount of player creativity on the table. Always allowing players to decide how they wanted something to truly play out. Skyler knows the rules well and if something is unclear is willing to do the research to find out the way something needs to be ruled. The worlds that Skyler has created are phenomenal and I've always thought should be written into a book. Whenever I find an opening in one of Skyler's games I always take the bait and get prepared for a truly unique and wonderful experience.
I was Skyler's first DM and he quickly surpassed me in every aspect. The voices, world, music, and stories that make you feel both incredibly immersed in the plot as your character as well as the others in the party. The emotions that he is able to pull from his players are phenomenal, as he paints a beautiful scene in the minds of his players for them to see their characters succeed, fail, fall, and rise. I had never before felt so attached to a character before or since as I did with our campaign. Tiaua (my character) will forever be part of who I am just as I was/am a part of him.
Skyler Is the epitome of homebrew greatness he has handcrafted his own world down to the ancient gods and lore. The narrative, voices, NPC's he creates and creativity that he allows in his players excel in all his games. I've seen him incredibly patient with lesser skilled/experienced players. If you like a fresh and clean style of play this is the man for the job!
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