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About Jay
Hello friends! My name is Jay (he/him)! I'm a Capricorn with a background in theatre, vocal performance, and improvisation. Lets play together and create memorable characters, see how they grow and change, and ultimately see how we grow and change as people. *banner images created by MidJourney (not using AI going forward)
At a glance
1 year on StartPlaying
8 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Sets the Mood, Inclusive
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My favorite books are
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (audio book on Audible read by Dan Stevens, especially) The Giver by Lois Lowry The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Misery by Stephen King
My favorite shows/movies are
- Martin McDonagh plays (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan) & his film In Bruges. - Robert Eggers films (The Witch, The Northman, Nosferatu, etc.) - Jim Henson projects (The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Muppets, etc.) - Firefly TV series - Lord of the Rings films
The three words my players would use to describe me are...
patient, immersive, epic
How Jay runs games
Ultimately, if you... - Live for the grit and suspense of A24 movies like The Witch, The Green Knight, Midsommar, and/or The Northman... - Love the scary fantasy of movies & television like The Dark Crystal, Legend, and Game of Thrones.... - Are here for the graphic violence of Kill Bill - Add in some adult humor - Remove all of the sex ...then look no further. I'm the DM/GM for you! ***Influences!*** 🎫Improvisational Performance 🎭Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts. 🎙️Voice over training & performance 🧑🎤Professional Wrestling: for it's melodrama and heightened reality 📜Shakespeare: epic poetry & universal in message 🎮Video Games: Interactive story telling ***Immersion!*** 🎶Custom music playlists 🫅Interact with a cast of unique, individual non-player characters ⭐If nothing else, I want to transport you from the real world to a land filled with adventure, daring, and, ultimately, fun! ***My Specialty*** 🌌Long running campaigns (1+ years) 🎨Free 1:1 session & Session Zero to create a character and party beyond numbers ***D&D 5E Adventure Module Experience*** ❄️Rime of the Frostmaiden 🔥Descent into Avernus 💀Tomb of Annihilation 🩻Vecna: Eve of Ruin 🚣Ghosts of Saltmarsh 🦾Oracle of War 🪨Heart of Stone 🎪Wild Beyond the Witchlight 🪙Waterdeep: Dragon Heist 🧪Lost Laboratory of Kwalish 🦎Hunt for the Thessalhyrda 🫀Infernal Machine Rebuild and several home brew adventures running 1+years
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I deal with rules issues by...
trying to be as accurate as possible, but the flow of the game is paramount. If we're taking too long to hash out a rule, I'll make a ruling, and let the players know they can talk to me later if it still bothers them. I'm also open to player's corrections and disagreements! It's our game.
I prep by
following the steps of Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master. While I have my eye on the overall narrative, each game prep is for what's right in front of me: The player characters, their stories, and what they're about to encounter.
When it comes to voices
I do a lot of them! I find it helps immersion to give you the most fully realized representations of NPCs as possible. My goal is to have unique voices for NPCs that will make them recognizable to you without me saying their names. Player characters voices are welcome but not required!
Jay's ideal table
My table is one that exists across the spectrum of tragedy and comedy. One minute we'll be joking about a player character's use of prestidigitation to soil a barkeeps pants, and the next the table will immerse themselves in the stakes of a horrific battle to save a child from being consumed by a hag. Players will succeed at my table if they have a desire to learn their character's mechanics & leave the real world behind to get lost in their character's motivations and circumstances.
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I am for a vibe that's...
immersive above all, but room is left for humor. We are here to have fun.
I think metagaming...
has it's place. My best advice to enjoy my games: Always think about & act on things in the world of the game first, but there's room for meta-conversations to gain clarity or add depth to the narrative. If it's in service of the story & everyone's clarity, meta gaming is fine.
My table is not the place for...
evil exhibitionism. I will not engage in someone's personal fantasy of torture and/or hate. We are telling a story about complex heroes in a gritty world, but that doesn't mean we have to be edge lords, hateful, or offensive. I have a zero tolerance policy on this. Basically: don't be a dick.
Jay's Preferences
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Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Combat Heavy
Dungeon Crawl
Rules as Written (RaW)
Sandbox / Open World