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Sam

Sam

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(14)

3 years on StartPlaying

200 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Teacher

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

Hey there, just your average ttrpg obsessed geek. I've been gming for coming up to 9 years for multiple groups. I love fantasy, it's my jam, getting immersed in the fantastical worlds, seeing PCs interact and and shape the world over the adventure, it's just great. I have played with players of varying levels of experience, including introducing a number of people to the hobby and I love talking with people who are passionate about it. I've played a number of systems as a player, my experience as a gm are with D&D 5e, PF2e, Legend In the Mist, Shadowdark, and Tales of the Valiant. A few systems I'm very excited to try out soon Dragonbane, The One Ring 2e, Draw Steel!, and DC20. I'm always up for learning new and interesting systems. See you next game.

GM Style

I love roleplay, especially roleplay with purpose. There's nothing better than roleplay that advances the plot, whether it be the players trying to get some hidden information, convince a captain of the guard that they are the right group for the job, or trying to deceive the enemy. It's also important for players to be given time to roleplay amongst themselves, especially after a stressful situation. I enjoy challenging my players, whether it be through combat, puzzles, or the aforementioned roleplay. My goal is never to kill the players, however that is the monsters goals, and the dice sometimes rule in their favor. I am fairly strict with my rulings though. I mostly follow the rules by the book, I make any homebrew rules known ahead of time, and if anything is unclear during a session I tend to rule in favor of the players and look it up for future sessions. I feel it helps everyone know what to expect. I'm happy to discuss things after a session as well.

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