Maximillian (Bons)

he/him

5.0

(20)

Timezone

America/los Angeles

Identity

Streamer

Artist

Teacher/Educator

Game Designer

About Maximillian (Bons)

🌟 Hello hello!~ If you're looking for a DM who can think on the fly, gives each hero a moment to shine, and is flexible enough to run a one shot about prancing through a field of flowers or a death defying epic that pushes players to creative limits-- then I'm your DM. I've played alongside Matt Mercer while working with 826LA, hosted corporate events, run online sessions with players around the world, I have a background in acting and improv, and have been writing and running my own personal homebrew campaign for the past 4 years- every Monday! It's been an amazing journey, and I'd love to put those skills to good use! I find a lot of joy in worldbuilding both solo and cooperatively through art, lore, and gameplay, and my favorite thing is forming those awesome and epic tales that play out like movies in our minds. TTRPGs are just a fantastic hobby and passion- we all know that right? I'd love to show ya what I can do, and I'm so excited to start weaving our stories into beautiful tapestries!

At a glance

4 years on StartPlaying

41 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, World Builder

Featured Prompts

I became a GM because

I love to tell the collaborative story with the players. It's not just me leading you through an adventure word for word, it's us telling this story. I might know how it starts, and I might know what the big bad guy is up to, but together WE will find out how this story ends.

People are always surprised when I tell them

I'm super into entomology and evolutionary biology. I know it's not TTRPG related, but the best worldbuilding happens right here on earth. No joke, even if it's not for booking, shoot me a message and I'm so down to talk about all this stuff! haha

When I'm not running games I'm...

Worldbuilding worldbuilding worldbuilding. Maps, weather, religion, full naturalistic languages, you name it-- I've probably tried my hand at it. Dont even get me started about my world's astrology, currently in progress making my starlight projector with Ruah's constellations!

How Maximillian (Bons) runs games

👉 I love facilitating roleplay moments, combat with motion and mechanics, and the occasional puzzle that will leave you scratching your head or get your heart pumping to beat that countdown. 👉 While rules are important, I am all for using the Rule of Cool whenever possible to grant those amazing and fun hero moments that we all love so much! 👉 I like to stick to the books for character content and rulings for the most part due to ease of accessibility, but again, RPGs are about storytelling and overall just having fun! If you have any suggestions I would love to go over them with ya! 💠 Collaborative Storytelling! |💠 LGBTQ+ Friendly |💠 All Ages!