Kaos-DM

5.0

(23)

Timezone

America/chicago

Language

English

Identity

Veteran

Disabled

About Kaos-DM

Hey! I've been playing D&D almost my whole life and I've been running the game as a DM since 2016. My longest running full campaign went for just almost three years! I'm currently running Curse of Strahd, Waterdeep Dragon Heist and Dungeon of the Mad Mage, and a homebrewed epic levels campaign. I love the challenges that come with being a DM and all the different characters I get to play! I have a broad range of voices I can use to "change" NPCs (and a voice modulator for those ranges I can't reach). I run my games on FoundryVTT with animated attacks and spells and intergrations from D&D Beyond. I have a soundboard that my players get to customize and use soundscapes to enhance the experience! I mave a Master Level Subscription, allowing me to share with my players all the resources I've purchased there. The quickest way to reach me is through Discord! Send me a friend request and let me know you came from SPG.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

366 games hosted

Highly rated for: Sets the Mood, Storytelling, Creativity

Average response time: 6 hours

Response rate: 100%

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I became a GM because

I love to create and help other people create. The creative outlet of D&D is where I can go to make artwork for my community of players and write worlds and events for the characters and players to interact with. Helping other people express their heroism and creativity every week is rewarding.

People are always surprised when I tell them

that D&D is never the same, even when I have run the same story four times for four separate groups. Their surprised to learn that the outgomes of the game change based on the players actions and and words, not just the rolls of the dice.

When I'm not running games I'm...

Working my day job, being a huband, dad, and handyman, cooking, playing video games, watching anime, gardening, solving puzzles, learning new things purposefully, and cuddling with my cats Morri, and Arti, or my dog Echo

How Kaos-DM runs games

I love roleplaying! I make crazy voices! I make crazy encounters, sometimes characters die :(. I love making a narrative with my players that they talk about years later ......like that roasted pig being reanimated.... I love it when the players do inventive and cool things, but not things that make other players angry on purpose. Trolls are monsters. Players should not be trolls. I love to homebrew whole campaigns, like an adventurer's league style of campaign where you face unique challenges every session. I love chaos in my games, like a d10,000 wild magic table with crazy results. I really like introducing players to challenges and monsters they may never have seen before, and enjoy using 3rd party, balanced resources to help accomplish this. I have a resource with over 400 monsters you may have never seen before ;). To that point, I use the milestone progression option for leveling up. It allows you as a player to experience more of the challenge appropriate critters. I prefer players who at least know what they want from a game and a good understanding of the rules. You don't have to be a veteran, expert D&D player to join up, but I expect you to know what your character can accomplish. If you want to play evil aligned characters, I'm cool with that if the whole table is playing along. If all the characters are evil, it just jives a little better. Pranks aren't evil within reason, but I may ask you why or if your character would actually do that. If you min-max, be prepared for homebrewed creatures that are just as unbalanced or overpowered. I will shamelessly take inspiration from ANY source. Critical Role? Every week. Avatar: The Last Airbender? That library in the desert is awesome. Full Metal Alchemist? .....Big Brother?... Wait, let's not talk about that....Adventure Time? It's a knife storm!

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I prep by

coffee-feuled, day-long map and world building sessions, or last minute, manic, stressful combat prep. Sometimes, there are flashes of insight MONTHS in advance of when I want or need something and those things are immediately logged away into a tidy OneNote document

Rules are...

Flexible. They are meant to serve as a strong foundation of play and where they are firm, they're firm. They're also made to be broken when something cool can happen, or built when the rules are too vague around a subject of interest.

When it comes to voices

I'd say I'm more than decent and have an excellent range of accents, affectations, and intonations. For what I can't achieve, I have a voice modulation application to help.

Kaos-DM's ideal table

The IDEAL table is one where everyone comes to the game knowing what their character is capable of and how their features work. Challenge me with combat scenarios as a DM and I'll return the favor. Pitch me into a roleplay scenario and I'll improvise with you. Roll out the comedy and I'll join you in merryment and jokes. The ideal table is one where everyone walks away at the end of the session with a story to tell or excited for the next session to complete a story.