Grace
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About Grace
It started with writing; fan-fiction to be exact. My childhood best friend and I were obsessed with the Ranger's Apprentice series and decided to write about our own apprentices and their adventures. After that it was running around in our backyards (and sometimes the grocery store parking lot) pretending to be great warriors fighting against evil (often actually fighting, as with the wooden weaponry our parents made the mistake of buying for us from the Ren-Faire). A decade and some years later its Dungeons and Dragons. I got into 5e about 5 years ago now (the pandemic was great for that sort of thing) and fell deeply in love. I'd been burnt out from writing for a while but DnD gave me the space to run wild with my creativity without the pressure of being all on my own, crying at a blank computer screen. Since that fateful first session, when I sat down with a group of kind of friends, mostly acquaintances who had also never played before I've grown a lot. I've gained confidence in myself and in my creations, I've learned that you don't need to follow all the rules but also that maybe making every single cantrip a bonus-action isn't the *best* choice for encounter balance and I've learned how to make my table (virtual and otherwise) a safe, fun and inclusive atmosphere for all.
At a glance
2 years on StartPlaying
22 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, World Builder
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I became a GM because
I really like telling stories and along the way I realized I prefer to tell them with other people rather than writing all on my lonesome (as it gets awfully lonely sometimes having so many lovely thoughts/ideas and not being able to share it with people)
When I'm not running games I'm...
Playing Video Games (like the Sims 4, anything from the Elder Scrolls Franchise or a good cozy survival crafting game). Cooking or Baking anything from a pie to a new soup I came up with on a whim. Or playing dnd or vtm myself!
How Grace runs games
Storytelling is the most important things to me as a Dungeon Master and a good story starts with a good setting. Worldbuilding is my forte, from my custom pantheons to the detailed history of the cities and villages and the factions and individuals that dwell within them I pride myself in being able to create a world that feels alive. Here's the long and short of what you can expect at my table : --> A safe, inclusive environment (both in and out of character) that welcomes individuality. As a queer neurodivergent person this is of the utmost importance to me. --> A solid foundational setting, homebrewed Gods, magic systems, unique factions, etc --> Detailed and fleshed out npcs with their own lives and stories for you to explore (or ignore if you see fit!) --> Strong RP skills, my favorite sessions are often the ones where emotional and intense rp happens, I encourage my players to engage with each other and with npcs this way. --> A world that functions outside of the party (as in there are things constantly happening even when you're not around/engaged in a certain plot piece) but also responds to your choices --> Flexibility, I improvise a lot during my sessions and I've found that as long as we have an end goal and I know my world/story goals inside and out I can go from there, this leaves plenty of room for me to work YOUR ideas and your character's goals into the main plot!
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I deal with rules issues by...
What do you think? What do I think? And what does the book say? And can the 'three' of us come to a middle-ground if we're all on different sides!
I prep by
I like to throw on some background music and start making maps. It's something to do with my hands while my brain spins in the background and I usually find after a good map making session I've planned out my next session (or arc) in my head and all that's left is to pen it down!
Grace's ideal table
For Players : You're interested in roleplaying and telling a story *together* with other people, not by yourself or just with your DM. You get invested in your character and the world your character is in and think about them...a lot. You get excited about other people's characters and enjoy an interesting group dynamic. Table Vibes : We take dnd seriously but we're also just people enjoying a fun hobby together! Mutual respect and trust coupled with good vibes and a healthy dose of excitement for the game.
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I think min/maxing...
Is totally fine as long as you have a good backstory and are into RP. There's no harm in making the most effective and terrifying character known to humankind if that's your thing as long as you're respectful of the DM and your fellow players (I'm definitely guilty of min-maxing when I play!)
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