Kieran

he/him

4.9

(7)

Timezone

America/costa Rica

Language

English

About Kieran

I'm an American expat living in Costa Rica with my wife after meeting through a DnD game. I've been playing and running games of DnD since I was 12 years old and have been running and playing games consistently ever since. I've played through every system of DnD, Star Wars rpgs and have been getting into Pathfinder ever since 2nd edition came out. I'm also familiar with several other games such as VTM/Mage/most white wolf settings, Stars Without Number, and Call of Cthulhu. When it comes to Game Mastering I've become quite focused on both player agency, storytelling and roleplay while still trying to keep interesting combat encounters in order to keep things interesting. I tend to keep my games around 2-3 hours as I find that going for much longer leads to people running out of things to do, and it allows the drama of a scene reach its climax naturally without having to stay around for an extra hour just so we can get to "No, I am your father!"

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

14 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher

Featured Prompts

I became a GM because

I enjoy the feeling of cooperation and cooperative storytelling, and I have a horrifying brain worm that tells me that I need to prepare for everything, so this is a nice vocation for such practices

How Kieran runs games

I tend to focus on roleplay and storytelling more than combat, but I still try to make combat into a puzzle for you to solve. While combat is an important part of most games as it is the most direct form of play, it should not be the only thing someone is doing during a session.

Kieran's ideal table

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I think metagaming...

Allows for an interesting form of storytelling. Metagaming isn't just knowing about the story or the mechanics, but being aware that you are a person sitting at a table or in front of a computer playing pretend