Hocine
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About Hocine
I started playing tabletop games when I was a teenager and have been running them for more than 15 years now. I started on DnD 3.5 and Call of Cthulhu long ago, but these days I have mainly switched to DnD5/Pathfinder and Cyberpunk Red, while still keeping Cthulhu on the side for Halloween one shots. I am a teacher specialised in inclusive practices and, between the classroom and the table, I've learned to read a room and to accommodate anxious newbies, neurodivergent players, and neurotypical players in the same game without leaving any of them on the sidelines. At the table, what I care about most is to make sure everyone has a place and a spot to shine. I want to include all ranges of experience whether it means slowing down for first-timers or letting min-maxers break encounters. If that sounds like your table too, I'd love to have you at mine. Don't hesitate to send me a message if you have further questions.
At a glance
Less than a year on StartPlaying
2 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Inclusive
$15 per session
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I became a GM because
I was very lucky to live in the right environment, to the point that I can't pinpoint a precise moment when the switch happened. I think that I always wanted to create stories and I found in DMing a way to share and live them with other people.
The three words my players would use to describe me are...
Inclusive, Flexible, Funny.
How Hocine runs games
Production Quality: -Foundry VTT with a large arsenal of modules without bloat -Professionally made maps (bought from their authors) -Attention to the music and soundscape -Good quality camera and microphone -Green screen and camera backgrounds to always stay in the theme Game style: -Role-play heavy -Tactical combat centered around set piece fights -Few random encounters -Adaptable lethality (set at session 0) -Fun before anything else Emotional safety: -Trigger checks (set at session 0 and updated at any time afterward) -Players can veto to stop uncomfortable scenes, no questions asked. Weaknesses: -Bad at accents -Can't understand DnD grappling rules to save my life. What happens when 3 creatures start grappling each other? No one knows. To summarize, at my table you can expect deep narrative mixed with impactful combat supported by high production quality.
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My games focus on...
Player-driven stories. What motivates me as a DM is to see how players evolve through the stories, scenes, and situations they find themselves in. I like strong worlds and set-pieces, but not rigid scripts.