Jonathan | The Human DM

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America/new York

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English

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Game Designer

About Jonathan | The Human DM

𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓥𝓲𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓻: ...........~𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝑴𝒓. 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒑𝒈𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝟏𝟔, 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝑮𝑴 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓'𝒔. 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑴𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒊𝒎 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒆. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏. .....~𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 𝓣𝓻𝓾𝓵𝔂: 𝓙𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 | 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓾𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓓𝓜

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

725 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Visual Aid, Sets the Mood

Average response time: 24+ hours

Response rate: 100%

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My favorite books are

"The Cay" by Theodore Taylor "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson "The Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne "Wizards, Warriors and You" Series by R.L. Stine

My favorite shows/movies are

Movies Father Goose - 1964 Comedy/War - With Cary Grant and Leslie Caron. The Court Jester - 1955 Comedy/Family - With Danny Kaye. The Mummy - 1999 Adventure/Action - With Brendan Fraser. TV Shows Sliders - 1995 Sci-fi - With John Rhys-Davies. Firefly - 2002 Sci-fi - Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres.

How Jonathan | The Human DM runs games

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My games focus on...

If I had to choose and in the best order?... 1: Fun (Comedy and Player's Shenanigans) 2: Story (Campaign or one shot) 3: Backstory (You write it and share it, I will use it in our adventure) 4: Teambuilding (Communication) 5: Easter eggs (References or items that are used in our previous games)

Rules are...

Rules are like a foundation. "A strong foundation will weather any storm but a rigid foundation will crumble in the winds of change." Rules can bend or stiffen but it depends on the group and their table settings as a group.

When it comes to voices

While I use voices, I more prioritize in in the phrasing then the changing of my pitch. I lead this example so players don't feel they have to change their voices. The power is in the "Way of the Word" and not the shift in pitch. Changing such voices is welcomed but never a requirement.

Jonathan | The Human DM's ideal table

While I am flexible as a referee, most of my players are of moderate immersion with occasional breaking of it to stay in tune of the reality of the world. A balance, if you will. If you are looking for heavy and I mean "heavy" immersion, then unfortunately my table may not be suitable. I like flexibility when it comes to balancing player's needs. My tables are not focused on "one player" but rather the "one team" as intended. Humbleness is best welcomed.

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I think it's a red flag when players...

- Don't stop and listen to the others at the table. - Bringing authority complexes, rather than patience. - Using the "This is how my character acts" card when it is clear that it makes others uncomfortable. - Relying on the official lore as a reason to bash other player's playstyle.

I think metagaming...

In summary, not the greatest. It can be a great tool if the party is stuck and you can work with it. My encouragement is to think about your character in how you can make it comedic. Example: There is a hidden lever but everyone rolled bad. Trip to it, lean on it, put your coat on it and move on.

I think min/maxing...

It ultimately depends on the game and the table. On one hand "weak characters" tell a tale of struggle while "Strong characters" on the hand can tell a classical heroic tale. The better question to ask me about the game is, "Which would I have more fun within this setting and group? To max or no?"