GM Alan (he/him)
5.0
(9)
3 years on StartPlaying
83 games hosted
Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Inclusive, Creativity
About me
Hello, I'm Alan, a bit of a forever GM, but I love it, so no complaints! I've been gaming since 2009, and I started with D&D 4th Edition. I knew a bunch of people that wanted to play, but had no experience, so I figured why not give it a shot myself, and here I am 14 years later (oof, that doesn't seem real...). I started with 4e and 3.5e, but quickly found Pathfinder 1e and I ran that for years before deciding to switch it up and branching out to other games. Since then, I've run both Mage: the Ascension and Mage: the Awakening, Scion 2nd Edition, Dresden Files, Exalted Third Edition and Essence, Feng Shui 2nd Edition, Legends of Anglerre, and most recently, Pathfinder 2e. Add in multiple one-shots in various other systems and the games I've been a player in and I have a large breadth of experience in a wide range of different systems. Feel free to reach out via messaging here, or on Discord at ffanxii4ever
GM Style
The players are the stars of the show - this means different things for different systems, of course, but in pretty much anything, it means that I want to see the players excel (in something like World of Darkness, that may mean the character is suffering, but the player shouldn't be). I started with crunchy, tactical games, and they have a special place in my heart, but I have run multiple games that use far more "theater of the mind" style systems. I also do like systems and mechanics that give a little bit of flexibility or narrative control to the PCs, either things built into the game like Exalted's stunting mechanic, or Trinity's Dramatic Editing, or even using and tweaking mechanics like Hero Points, to let it be more flexible than they be Rules-As-Written. Having a fun and entertaining game is infinitely more important to me than following some sort of strict adherence to the rules.
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Game Master Reviews (9)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Knows the Rules
Inclusive
Creativity
Zenko
Played 1 sessions
Solid DM that adjusts to the players wants. Allows for some bending of the rules when its thematic, but does so with knowledge of the rules themselves.
Austin
Alan is a great GM, had a chance to play in one of his campaigns and enjoyed it.
Eric
Played 24 sessions
Alan is a great GM, one who is able to balance reacting to player's strange and inquisitive ways, with telling an engaging and interesting story. He is very open to player's requests, taking temperature checks for how the flow of the game is going, with a solid basis of the rules. I would strongly recommend Alan as a GM if you are looking to play PF2 (he might be good at GMing other games, but I've only ever had him for PF2e).
J.R.
Played 1 sessions
Alan is super fun and understanding, had great content planned and made sure to listen and work with players and different things they wanted to try. Great knowledge of rules and system played. Overall great guy and atmosphere!
Foxboxunion
Played 18 sessions
Enjoyable DM, great presentation and really good at helping out newer players.
Raynier
He always makes sure to leave time for everyone, weaves in backstory provided to him, knows the rules forwards and backwards, and makes adjustments based on player/group needs. I've been gaming with him for almost 10 years, and have loved experiencing a variety of systems with him.
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