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karmicknight

karmicknight (he/him)

5.0

(9)

2 years on StartPlaying

147 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, World Builder

Average response time: 10 hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

I have been playing tabletop RPGs for over a decade, and running the games I’ve played for nearly as long. I was introduced to gaming working at a ren faire as street cast, and the connection between the two has always been a part of my gaming. What that means is that I try to run games as a collaborative storytelling experience, working with the players to build a character driven narrative using my decade of improv experience. The result of this is a game and a story that is reactive to player actions. And despite my kind of auteur and philosophical approach, my instincts are sort of pure comedy and b-movie. I look to create entertaining setpieces and offer wild characters and story beats. Because in the end, I am just trying to have fun.

GM Style

+ I am a fan of the players and want to see the characters do rad shit. I am constantly looking for ways to make cool shit happen and also feel earned within a narrative or setting. + I am a big fan specifically of character work, and try to match the level of character work happening. + I create set-pieces for characters to create scenes in rather than creating scenes and narratives in a linear fashion. + I frequently make snap decisions and reorganize things within an encounter based on changing situation. I do a lot of improv. + I am extremely rules streamlined, finding ways to incorporate mechanics that have more crunch and paperwork attached to them and pulling out guts to make it fit within the flow of a game. + I love making odd or impractical visual aids. + I love cutting deals. Both as Faust and the Devil.

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Game Master Reviews (9)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Knows the Rules

World Builder

Jay avatar

Jay

Played 135 sessions

I've been playing in Karmic's campaigns for almost a year and a half now. Having hit the rough halfway mark in our longest running, game I can safely say that my time at Karmic's table has been some of the most fun, most satisfying and most engaging time I've spent playing RPGs. I'm thrilled to have had the chance to introduce a friend to this hobby through Karmic's games too. He's a spectacularly creative storyteller who does a great job at both allowing players and characters to shine while making the stories feel grounded and the players' decisions feel weighty and important. He has a real knack for responding to the unexpected or unconventional, something I really admire about his approach - if you can come up with some wild idea, and you can find a way to make it happen, Karmic will account for it and the world will respond accordingly in a way that feels believable and interesting. Coming in as a total newbie to both of the systems he introduced us to, I found his approach for explaining the rules and letting us learn as we go very approachable, comfortable and straightforward. That degree of approachability has allowed me to learn two new systems - one I've wanted to try but never got to, another I had never heard of, and I've grown really fond of both and I owe a lot of that to his guidance. There's something in his games for newbies and vets alike, and there's always something novel and exciting to be found or to be done in his sessions. I can't recommend him highly enough. 100% a Five Star GM!

Brian avatar

Brian

Played 3 sessions

Karmicknight is friendly, supportive, and fun! He's got a great sense of when to roll with player suggestions and he makes sure everyone at the table gets attention.

LE avatar

LE

Played 126 sessions

Karmic is a really fun, enthusiastic and knowledgeable GM. As someone who doesn't have a lot of experience with system roleplaying games I have not had any problems learning from him thanks to his attitude and willingness to answer any questions I have. He creates really interesting stories and is a really funny too which helps. I 100% recommend him!

mistamoodie avatar

mistamoodie

Karmicknight really shines as a collective story teller. It is a group event after all and they don't use railroads; however, there are guidelines that they set as the GM. If you came up with a cool idea that is plausible, you'll get the guidelines and make your roll. Karmicknight is creative with what they put in front of the players, and comes up with interesting results for player actions while containing it to the plausibility of what can happen within any given setting they run. Overall, one of the best GMs I have ever had. Having played in several games that they've run, I would highly recommend karmicknight.

Keith avatar

Keith

Karmicknight worked well with players to incorporate their ideas and actions - however unexpected - into a fun and satisfying session and campaign that dynamically adapted from the source material.

Ryan Andro avatar

Ryan Andro

They encourage creative solutions to the situations they create and making fun scenarios even if the players plans didn't work out exactly how they wanted.

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