Jayke - Hall Of Legends (he/him)
5.0
(38)
3 years on StartPlaying
136 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Voices
About me
Hi! I’m Jayke, I’ve been involved in our nerdy hobby world for roughly 20 years at this point and I’ve been DMing 5e D&D for 7 of those years. I love to run theatre of imagination games as I really enjoy helping create an image in your mind and sharing in the madness that that can be! In my in person games, I compliment this with well painted miniatures and 3D battle maps! I’m a forever DM, I love DMing, it’s my favourite part of roleplaying. Improv is definitely my strongest skill in this domain and I can’t wait to share it with you. I’ve got a ton of energy and passion for the game and love DMing for new and veteran players alike. I’m friendly to all, as long as you’re up for having fun!
GM Style
I LOVE roleplay, and whilst I know combat is important I do tend to be more roleplay centric. I enjoy being caught off guard and get to flex my improv skills, thinking quick on my feet. That unimportant goblin NPC you’re obsessed with called Boblin? Well he now has an integral part in this new branch of the story you and I just created on the spot. I enjoy doing NPC voices and have a few that I regularly do in my day to day life, I’m always practicing! I just want us all to have the best time, like RPing is supposed to do. I have several fleshed out homebrew settings, or rather, eras, which each game I run in the setting builds and develops the world for everyone involved: Haven, a mid-fantasy with horror elements, flooded with superstition and corners to explore Haven - Calamity, a high-fantasy world on fire, the gods war above and the threads of magic are tearing and fraying, creating a vast manor of cataclysmic changes; Welcome to the Calamity. Haven - Ghost Fire, a late 1800s era style world filled with gun slinging tieflings, sherif Kobolds and inventor gnomes who are all trying to get by and survive now the gods have died, leaving only “Ghost Fire” behind (this is the sequel to Calamity). I also have settings made up for Numenera (Rùst World), Near future-Cypher System (Top Trumps 2046), an alternate 1920s Call of Cthulhu (Lost and Found in the Finger Lakes) and Aliens (Aboard the Heart of Darkness). As for official D&D settings, I love the Ravenloft and Dark Sun settings and love running Curse of Strahd and Tomb of Annihilation modules. Influences include, amongst many others: Favourite Books Growing Up: Dr Seuss, Brothers Grimm. Favourite Films: The Batman, 300, Rocky 4, Blood Sport, Step Brothers. Favourite Music: Panic! At the disco, Avenged Sevenfold, Bo Burnham, Escape The Fate. Favourite TV: Newsroom, Blacklist, You, The Following, Centaur World, Midnight Mass, The Office, Dragon Ball Z, Kengan Ashura.
Games played
Game Master Reviews (38)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Storytelling
Voices
Ben Calder
Played 85 sessions
So at the start of the campaign I'd not been a player for a while, and was just excited to try something new. As a player he allows everyone the chance to explore and feel what's right for them. When the campaign came to the end I genuinely felt sad to leave the world he created but he also has plenty of one shots and wouldn't hesitate if he was dming a game to join as soon as places became available.
Tom
Played 73 sessions
The session was a lot of fun, Jayke has a good way of blending a range of different player skill levels without it feeling either like you're out of your depth or playing with a bunch of newbies. The world building is great and the sessions are a lot of fun, especially as one shots. Cant recommend the games highly enough!
Kathy
Played 48 sessions
Jayke is super friendly and welcoming and really patient with the endless questions I have asked! As I beginner I was a little nervous about joining the campaign but it's been really accessible and he has helped every step so I'm much more comfortable playing now. He puts loads of effort and prep in to make everything run smoothly and keep it balanced and engaging. The games are so fun with hilarious twists and a good of combat and RP. There is a great homebrew world and a lot of interesting lore in his worldbuilding which adds a lot of new elements to explore. I would 10/10 recommend!
Stephen Platten
Played 35 sessions
Had a few games GMd by Jayke and he always makes the effort. From articulating the story to knowing the rules would recommend.
Rob
Played 30 sessions
Being new to RPGs, Jayke explained the rules well and made me feel very welcome in the group. He set the scenes well, and kept the story flowing making sure everyone was engaged in completing the overall goals.
Benji
Played 14 sessions
Jayke has been a superb GM, very accommodating, I am a fairly newish player not as experienced as the other players in the group, and jayke has helped with anything I may of struggled with, and been very patient. The game itself he has been super immersive and fun gm. I couldnt reccomend him enough, for new and experienced players, and I look forward to every session. Well worth the small fee :) and after playing for some time time now with jayke I honestly couldnt imagine playing with another GM online I'm totally hooked. Once were through with our current campaign il definitely be joining the next one for sure... great gm and also I'd say a great friend now too :)
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