Paul Maloney

he/him

5.0

(28)

Timezone

Etc/gmt

Language

English

About Paul Maloney

An experienced GM who loves shared story telling roleplaying games where the players create the story along with the GM and I just guide us all to the best story experience possible. I've been a GM and Player for over 30 years, played many systems across all genres but have now settled on Dungeons and Dragons 5E for Fantasy and Call of Cthulhu for Horror. I run everything from one shots to introduce players to a system to full blown campaigns taking players from meeting each other to battling world-ending events. Because I do a lot of introduction games I ensure that every player feels included, is involved in the game and progresses both their characters and themselves as a player.

At a glance

2 years on StartPlaying

8 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules

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I became a GM because

I love helping others tell stories

The three words my players would use to describe me are...

Atmospheric, fun, inclusive

How Paul Maloney runs games

Shared story telling is my love, there will be combat, puzzles and challenges but we tell the story together.

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I deal with rules issues by...

Listening, focussing on keeping the game going and responding when the time is right.

Rules are...

Guardrails for fairness rather than hard limits

Paul Maloney's ideal table

Fun where story is king and whilst the rules are important they feed the story. Collaborative story telling with support for players who struggle to add flavour and descriptions to their characters actions.