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Cost Per Player

$10.00
John Rodrigues

John Rodrigues (he/him)

5.0

(6)

DMs Guild Writer
Veteran
Teacher/Educator
Multi-lingual

Less than a year on StartPlaying

15 games hosted

Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Creativity, Rule of Cool

About me

I'm a Portuguese nerd with dreams in English. Creativity, roleplaying, writing and having fun are what I love and strive to share with others. I love running games with a focus on roleplay and combat, taking care of the rules, so that players can focus on the fun. Character development, world immersion and plot twists are my jam. Creating deep and wide stories is fun for me. I enjoy the challenge of bringing worlds to life and twisting well known stories into exciting one-shots or short campaigns. I've been running pre-made campaigns both in person and online for a long time. Slowly adapting universes like Middle Earth and Westeros and lately I have started building my own fantasy universe. Whether you're a veteran or a beginner, enjoy roleplaying voices or full strategy play, speak English or Portuguese, you've found the Game Master that will guide and deliver you epic tales and silly accents! Come and join me on amazing worlds and take a chance in leaving your mark on them!

GM Style

I love both roleplay and combat. Character development, combat strategy and high stakes decisions will be the daily bread of our campaigns. Begginers will have time to learn and grow, yet the world is mean, and death will be ever present. Veterans will still find my combat encounters and roleplay key moments tough and real. ❓❗ Combat & Puzzles: ▪ Don't expect dumb monsters! Intelligence and cunning are not only for players. Monsters will behave tactically, according to they're background and environment. ▪ Not all doors can be opened by magic and chests with lockpicks. Expect tough but rewarding puzzles and challenges on your adventures. 💬 Roleplay & Metagaming: ▪ Accents and weird voices are not required, but you will feel immersed and compelled into roleplaying your character like never before. ▪ You will not be punished for minimal metagaming. However, there will be consequences for taking too long to act, group debating in game and to many above table conversations. ✨ Gameplay & Creativity: ▪ Rules are a guideline, not a hardline! I'll handle most of the rules so you can focus on the fun. Yet you are expected to know well your character sheet, abilities and backstory. ▪ The mind is our best tool, yet complementary tools are helpful. Background music, AI generated art and location maps will be used to enhance our collective experience. ▪ We will use tactical and descriptive 2D square and hex grid maps drawn by me or from adventure modules. Allowing for better gameplay and creative actions. 📝 Narrative and homebrew: ▪ Whether using adventure modules, adapting narratives or using homebrew universes, I'll always adapt the narrative to include character backstories, new interesting arcs and encounters. ▪ The narrative is made for the players and will be shaped by the players! Expect your backstory to become part of the plot and your actions to have major impact on the narrative! ▪ No module is absolute! Homebrewing content to become more of the liking of the party is always a priority. Are you a blind drow coming to the surface looking for a cure to your illness? Or an orc shaman banished from your tribe because of your patron? Maybe you're the great-grandson of a legendary ghost pirate looking for your inheritance? Whoever you are, prepare for an epic journey full of plot twists and fun to be had. The stories we'll build together will becomes songs and odysseys passed down through the generations, long after we are gone! Roll for initiative!

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