Jake Ham (he/him)
5.0
(33)
2 years on StartPlaying
86 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Teacher
About me
Ever since I was a youngling I've been completely enthralled by dnd. I've played in a few campaigns and dm'ed about 20 in 3.5 and a few with other systems like Vampire the Masquerade and D20Modern. I've been using 5e since i started dming on startplaying and I'd be happy to learn a new system on request. I even wrote my own d6 based system and an extremely simplified, d20 only system I call 'drunk dnd' (no alcohol required but it generally gets goofy). My favorite kind of campaigns are largely character driven but I've also ran plenty of 1-shots and modules.
GM Style
I encourage as much roleplay as possible as my best campaigns are strongly character driven. I'll do a voice for old wisened mages, gruff antosocial dwarves, defunct modrons, and any other npc the party interacts with. As for what kind of campaign, I usually do power fantasy type campaigns that end epic level, fighting gods and demons. But I've run horror and survival and would run any flavor the party wanted. The setting is usually early industrial
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Game Master Reviews (33)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Creativity
Teacher
Bloom
Played 11 sessions
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JAKE. Jake is the literal best. He's a blast to hang out with both during sessions and outside of them. He lets us go absolutely wild in terms of creativity (within reason) and goes above and beyond to help us figure out how to implement our ideas. I can go to him with nothing but "hey, what if ___" and by the end of the discussion we'll have a fully formed idea. He's also just a good guy in general. 1000/10 recommend playing w/ him.
John
Played 1 sessions
Such a great experience, the story was super well told and the characters were very fun to interact with! Jake did such cool voices for different characters and also explained the environment very well, so we always knew what was happening around us. The best part was the FREEDOM!!! He is so open to anything the players could have thought of, and he totally went along with different ideas and adjusted the story/characters to fit. Very quick on his feet to jump into voicing an npc role or provide details on how things play out! Will 100% be joining future sessions 🙂
severalmangos
This is my second ever DnD game and it was absolutely amazing! Great for beginners with a super chill and friendly DM that has no issue with explaining rules and adapting to whatever funky stuff we came up with xd. Also great adventure with a well balanced mix of fun antics, some spooky stuff, mystery and really fun combat with many options how to play it! Big recommendation :)
Maria P
Played 2 sessions
That was one of the most amazing oneshots. Jake's storytelling is so amazing. He really pulls you into the story with the way he is explaining and playing the characters. What I love especially was the humor, excitement for ideas of players and the openess to crazy ideas. It was incredible how fast Jake was capable of integrating your own spontaneous crazy ideas into the story and make it seem to make sense. I loved the session as a complete beginner and can't wait for the next one!! Thanks for the amazing night.
DeepSeaBoi
Definitely allows for plenty of player creativity, encourages character builds that are out of the box and accepts eccentric solutions to even mundane problems.
Iseck Johnson
Had a lot of fun goofing around and still being super immersed. Npcs are always a joy to talk to.
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