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Jerry Joe

Jerry Joe (he/him)

5.0

(14)

Published Writer
Artist
Teacher/Educator
Voice Actor

2 years on StartPlaying

94 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, World Builder

About me

I am a veteran D&D player, author, and illustrator. I worked for TSR before WotC purchased the company. I've authored four published D&D books which have sold many thousands of copies each. When I run campaigns, they are immersive and engaging, with vivid npcs, engrossing plots, and edge-of-your seat game play.

GM Style

My games are fast, spontaneous and character-driven. The player characters are always central to the plot. I'm also interested in each PC's character arc. What are their goals, their flaws, and baggage? I use vivid narration to keep players immersed in a scene and emotionally hooked!

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Game Master Reviews (14)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Storytelling

Creativity

World Builder

Merin avatar

Merin

Played 15 sessions

Began even before the game with Jerry Joe helping me create my character to include back story. The game itself was very cool, great descriptors and everyone had a part to play. Multiple scenarios and interactions with NPCs game ample opportunity for role play. I would recommend Jerry Joe and plan on continuing to play in his campaign.

Lemon avatar

Lemon

Played 15 sessions

I've played one game and I am already enjoying myself, and Jerry's ability to paint the story for us goes above and beyond anything. I would recommend him 100% to any DnD gamer looking for a fun and exciting story.

Christine avatar

Christine

Jerry has decades as a writer and professional in the tabletop industry and so he not only knows the rules backwards and forwards, he is adept at creating compelling homebrew worlds peopled with interesting NPC’s and brought to life with expert storytelling. He balances plenty of room for role play and personal character development with a well-paced adventure that has customized character hooks and real stakes. I very much enjoy playing with Jerry as both a GM and fellow PC!

Johnathan avatar

Johnathan

Played 19 sessions

This Gm/Dm is amazing, he has more then three of the positive review check marks you can pick, very friendly and understanding of new players, welcomes and is willing to help out new players if needed, awesome combat and interactions with all kinds of different characters and npcs in game, I would play more of his games through the week if I could.

jay mute avatar

jay mute

Played 29 sessions

Very laid back and explanative of most things always ready to answer any question one might have.

Mario  avatar

Mario

Played 1 sessions

Had a one shot with Jerry Joe and he was a great DM. The world building is amazing as he establishes the lore and plot of his settings. The characters he controls as NPCs feel important as a result of his world building. In combat, he also allows for suspense to form as the enemies feel threatening and the environment challenging, but they're only like this to a point where as long as you play it smart and make tactical decisions you can overcome the obstacles he provides. Overall, fantastic DM.

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