Resonight (he/him)
4.7
(66)
3 years on StartPlaying
434 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules
About me
Hey there! Started playing D&D with the red booklet about 100 years go, took a long break then came back to GMing and playing in 2016. I'm a big fan of old dark dungeon, old style D&D where it takes an hour to end a fight then another 3 to decide how to divide the loot.. I offer: Official D&D 5e modules by WotC including - Dungeon of the Mad Mage - Curse of Strahd - Lost Mine of Phandelver - Tomb of the 9 Trickster Gods (Annihilation) - Light of Xaryxis - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle - Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen Are my favorites, I can offer others as well including Icewind Dale and Keys of the Golden Vault. I own all the WotC and all of Kobold Press books on Roll20 so when you play in 1 of my games you have access to spells, feats, subclasses, races, backrounds that you've never played before. I aim to what Matt Colville defines as "Heroic Tactical Cinematic Fantasy" but I do like the survival aspect of playing D&D 5e. For me it's all about the story that leads us - as collaborators of story telling - to that moment in which you roll the dice and get excited (or frustrated) at the result and the meaning we bring to it. Fighting a Dragon is awesome, but fighting a Dragon in it's lair, which is hidden in the mountains beyond the mist (or the misty mountains) inside an active volcano to which you can get if you convince the Dwarves to sell you the immunity to fire potion they got from the Troll who killed the Tiefling.... is much more interesting. There is a tactical aspect to the game, and there is also group tactic - you are required to communicate with the other characters in the party to increase your chances of surviving. Sounds like your type of TTRPG? Care to give it a go? Send me a friends request on discord please, if your answer is yes I'm "gmbear"
GM Style
Mostly, my games are action based. There's a good story, good RP, deadly battle encounters.. In a session you will roll initiatives a few times, might drop unconscious (hopefully won't die), and will play your character and interact with the other characters, the npcs, the monsters and the setting, and the story. I'm a big fan of an open world, and players agency. I follow most of the rules as they are written, and have a few house rules. My players say I'm "kind and fair" and give them a good D&D experience, which is what they were looking for.
Games played
Game Master Reviews (66)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Teacher
Knows the Rules
Gahnojak
Played 12 sessions
Great DM. The sessions are very immersive and dynamic
Dave
Played 1 sessions
A similar criticism to other players. Really poor mic quality which echoes a lot and it is very distracting. DM doesn't really RP whether it's monsters or npcs, he just reads out the scene and often misreads what is written. The npcs felt non-existent and instead of setting a narrative in a scene he just copy and pastes text from a module in the chat.
TailNeix Tahn W Dwetr
Played 6 sessions
2 sessions in a raw, was fun. DM respects players any kind and keeps being professional at the same time. Try it!
The Dice Whisperer (Joshua)
Played 11 sessions
Great GM, easy to work with.
Mason
Played 7 sessions
Dancing Bear really knows the Phandelever module really well and is not afraid to make any adjustments to it. He is open to most creative playing options you present as long as its not game breaking. He is a good DM for all levels of experience and his character building library is massive and there is a lot of replayability in his campaign.
Jared
Played 1 sessions
I think this dungeon master is really knowledgeable about the module and D&D 5e. He is a very friendly and approachable guy and answered all of the questions that I had. I enjoy my time playing his game.
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