StartPlaying logo
game master profile header image
Nors

Nors (he/him)

5.0

(14)

Neurodivergent
Published Writer
Teacher/Educator

3 years on StartPlaying

28 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Rule of Cool

About me

🚵🏻‍♂️:6'0" // 37 // He/Him 🎲: Tales of the Valiant (D&D 5e),The One Ring 2e, Isle of Ixx, Warlock!, Mutant Crawl Classics, Quest, Land of Eem Hello there, traveler! It's me, DM Nors. I'm a fiction and TTRPG writer, cat dad, and avid soccer fan. I grew up acting in the theater, reading fantasy books (well, my parents read them to me until about halfway through high school: I'm dyslexic), and pretending I was Frodo hiding from orcs in the woods around my parents' house. My love of the written word has brought me to a love of all things Play-by-Post! If you love TTRPGs with deep narratives and exciting adventures but don't have the time to dedicate full sessions, PbP is the medium for you! As a fiction writer, I'm all about the narrative scope of a good TTRPG session. Like a short story or novel, every uncovered thread connects to a larger tapestry, if only your characters would follow it to its conclusion. That being said, I also have a love for Mutant Crawl Classics (a gonzo OSR with extremely lethal combat), so be prepared to use every ounce of courage and cleverness to triumph in battle. I have a list of published works both in fiction as well as game design for games like Quest and Warlock! I believe in real stakes for player-characters and enemies who look to kill as much as they look to run and save themselves from death. I love rules lite games that get out of the way of players creativity and let players be awesome without sacrificing the real stakes that come with a dangerous campaign and extreme adventures.

GM Style

What to expect: 🎞️"Be excellent to each other." ~ Bill S. Preston // Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ~ 🎭Colorful NPC interactions, thorough descriptions, well written prose. 🧌Complex adversaries with desires and designs of their own. 🩸🗡️Dangerous combat. It isn't always a fight you can win! 🫶A safe and welcoming environment for neurodivergence, disabilities, and members of the LGBTQI+ community. 👨🏻‍🏫A teacher of new players to any system I run! New players are always a delight to work and play with!

Social
Game Master Reviews (14)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Storytelling

Rule of Cool

Mårten Cederholm avatar

Mårten Cederholm

Super positive and focusing on the positive things that players comes up with

Gunnar Skjervold avatar

Gunnar Skjervold

Friendly, inclusive, made me able to immerse myself in the game. Just a few of the good things I could say about him.

Graham Ziolkowski (BonesBoy23) avatar

Graham Ziolkowski (BonesBoy23)

Played 5 sessions

Great GM, very helpful and willing to talk things out and make sure you're good with everything.

Resonight avatar

Resonight

Played 4 sessions

Nors is an awesome GM, and a cool person. He cares about the players and the game. He will also refund your payment if you deserve it, you can trust him. It's good quality TRPG for your money.

Yves avatar

Yves

Very adaptable to our inputs as players, created vivid scenes.

Lonnie avatar

Lonnie

Nors did a great job teaching the system and conjuring up a Tolkien feel.for The One Ring. I hope to play again soon.

What's StartPlaying?

Tabletop Roleplaying Games Run by Game Masters

  • Find a game to join solo or search for a professional game master for you and your friends/coworkers/family.

  • Book your session and wait for the Game Master to approve you.

  • If you don't have a blast with your first game, your next game is on us.