GM Grant
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About GM Grant
I will set the stage for you to tell your character's tale. Storytelling is at the heart of everything I do, from creative writing to teaching literature to myths and legends retellings around the campfire. Good stories are all about tension and release, about stakes. Tabletop Roleplaying Games are another manifestation of that but are unique in one way: we create stories together. We become the heroes we have always dreamed of. I’ve been a professional Gamemaster for over three years and a non-pro GM for far longer. I’ve clocked over 1000 hours of digital GMing (not to mention the years of PbP and in-person) and have introduced over 200 new players to the past-time. I have run and still run campaigns professionally for teenagers on Outschool.com where I have nearly 150 five-star reviews.
At a glance
3 years on StartPlaying
697 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Storytelling
Average response time: 24+ hours
Response rate: 83%
Featured Prompts
My 3 systems I'd bring to a desert island would be
- Pathfinder 2e - Mausritter - Shadowdark
My favorite books are
- East of Eden by Steinbeck - The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien - Moby Dick by Melville - The collected short stories of Flannery O'Connor - The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss
When I'm not running games I'm...
...running swordfighting classes and medieval adventures for children, playing board games with my kids, woodworking, creative writing, reading, and managing our farm.
How GM Grant runs games
Your job is to create an awesome character. My job is to create an immersive world. Your job is to tell me what you want your character to do. My job is to filter and interpret that through the ruleset, sometimes stretching or creating rules to best fit the situation: "The rules serve you, not vice versa" (5e DMG 235). I know the rules of any system I run like the back of my hand but emphasize tension and narrative above all else. I tend toward a serious-with-comic-relief tone but am adaptable to any tone desired. I enjoy getting into character and use voices for NPCs. I narrate combat, locations, and people with visceral detail but never dump paragraphs on players. I can run homebrew or any prewritten adventure but will always heavily homebrew to adapt to the players.
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