Steve

he/him

5.0

(33)

Timezone

America/new York

Identity

Neurodivergent

About Steve

I'm a long time RPG player and GM. I ran for my high school friends on the 90s, and I've run for my current gaming group off and on for almost 20 years. I enjoy most anything that brings fun to the table, be it a crunchy dungeon crawl or a quirky indie game. As a GM, I love seeing what sorts of characters my players will bring to the game, and then throwing those characters into memorable stories with shocking twists. I've also got a fondness for Japanese tabletop RPGs, many of which are great for one-shots.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

258 games hosted

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Teacher, Creativity

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I got started GMing...

playing 2nd Edition AD&D with my friends when I was 11.

My 3 systems I'd bring to a desert island would be

13th Age, Pathfinder 2nd Edition, and Tenra Bansho Zero.

My favorite books are

the Please Don't Tell My Parents series by Richard Roberts.

How Steve runs games

I typically try to play to the strengths of whatever system I'm running. For d20-based games, that generally means a pretty solid focus on combat, though every game needs a good amount of roleplay to fill it out and give the fighting a purpose. I've got a pretty good vocal range and I like to take advantage of that with weird voices. I'm a huge fan of big story twists and you can generally expect a few of them in any given campaign.

Steve's ideal table

I try to keep an open, relaxed vibe at my table, and to foster an attitude of helpfulness and communication among everyone present. This is a game, and everyone should be having as much fun as possible.

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I love it when a player

gives me feedback, positive or negative. It's the chief way I grow and improve as a GM.

I think min/maxing...

has its place but shouldn't be an obsession for a player. Some people like the system mastery challenges that come from min-maxing, but if they start intruding on the other players' fun, it becomes a problem.

My table is not the place for...

disrespecting others on the basis of race, gender identity, sexuality, or any other immutable aspect of a person's being. This probably should go without saying, but some people need to hear it.