Heather Marshall (she/her)
5.0
(7)
3 years on StartPlaying
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Inclusive
About me
Name's Heather, my favourite prehistoric creature is sacabambaspis, and I swear to you: I will never need to ask what your AC is. I've been playing DND since 4e, back when my older brothers and I had to hide the books because our mom thought it was a cult. A decade, an English degree, and a new edition later, and I've come to love DMing as a way to keep my creative writing skills sharp and help others develop their own character and world building skills. I'm great at both teaching new players and shaking things up for established ones, and take a story-first approach to gameplay. I have access to a large library of both official and unofficial content to run 5e games in a wide variety of settings and genres, from traditional Forgotten Realms classics to gothic adventures to space westerns of my own design. And no, my mom still doesn't understand what I'm doing.
GM Style
I love roleplay and creating rich lore, then finding ways to weave my player's characters into that tapestry. I rely mostly on theatre of the mind, though appreciate the automation that DND Beyond offers, especially for managing encounters. I like to use Roll 20 to track physical space in combat, and enjoy using my webcomic experience to make custom tokens for players and important NPCs. I try to offer a good mix of social and combat encounters in the average session, but I can tailor the percentage to your liking.
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Game Master Reviews (7)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Storytelling
Inclusive
Chris
Heather made a fantastically detailed story that gave us good structure and lots of space to be creative. Her tremendous sense of whimsy made for an incredibly fun time. She obviously knows her stuff and was great at explaining the game to the beginners in the group. I would definitely have her master my game again.
Phil
Awesome GM. Heather made my first experience playing D&D super memorable and fun and I really appreciated her ability to translate our wacky creativity and confusion into something that still fit the structure of the game.
Raymond Goor
Being new to the this GM Universe, the GM was able to help me flesh out my character to be even better then what I could ever do (and I thought I knew what I wanted?!). The feeling of actually fitting in the story, makes playing DnD a blast. The main draw of this GM is the story and boy do you get story. The world building and your bigger part in it makes you wish you played DnD instead of going to work the next day.
Michael
She does an excellent job at working with her players during character creation to make things fit in her world while still allowing the players the creative freedom to create the character they want from both a creative and mechanical perspective.
C
Heather struck a great balance of guiding intervention and open acquiescence. Her presence was integral but not overbearing which resulted in a fun experience for a group that was primarily newcomers to the game and its mode of fantasy.
Ennwen
Heather GM'd for my second and much smaller of two bachelor parties. It was better than my "real" bachelor party! She was happy to incorporate all the props I wanted to use. She made humourous and easy to use character sheets for my normy friends. She turned our stupid ideas into amazing moments. She incorporated a call from my now-wife at the end. Her knowledge of DnD seems to be complete, she is a great teacher of the game, she's a good improviser, and has a great sense of humour.
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