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Carlos

Carlos (he/him)

5.0

(29)

Hispanic/Latinx
Teacher/Educator
Multi-lingual

4 years on StartPlaying

44 games hosted

Highly rated for: Inclusive, Visual Aid, Creativity

About me

My ideology is this "everyone likes roleplaying games, but not everyone loves ANY roleplaying games."I am passionate about explaining systems and worry deeply about the player's experience. I take a lot of time preparing the session, choosing appropriate maps, handouts, music, and anything else that might improve the players' experience. During the days before the games, I try to make myself available to the players for anything they might need. I have the patience to get players to understand the rules and the digital tools to play online, and love to bring new people to the hobby. I do not consider the experience just the session, but I like to keep in touch and help players explore their characters as much as possible. Finally, while campaigns are memorable, I also enjoy running one-shots. Players can deal with more extreme situations and things that might not be fun in a campaign(like dying), becoming much more viable, and allowing specific stakes to be introduced. At the moment, I'm concentrating not only in running DnD campaigns but in learning new systems. My favorite genres are Sci-Fi and Horror, with my favorite RPG being Alien RPG. So if you or your player group want to try a new system, I am always looking for new games to learn! While I think DnD is great, I am always learning new systems. Let me know if you need a GM for a system not many people play! I have no issue acquiring it.

GM Style

I work a lot to make the experience as immersive as possible by carefully picking battle maps, artwork, tokens, music, and everything else that may help players visualize the adventure and setting. I like to have things as tidy as possible, preparing quite a bit so the session can focus on playing and not reading books, especially when playing online. During combat, I focus a lot on tactical and strategic decisions. Outside combat, I like to foster a sense of exploration and discovery, and rules become less important than the story being told. While I'm not great at doing voices, I like to ensure players get into their character and foster interaction among the party. I prefer that players don't blindly play like a cooperative video game and acknowledge their character's different personalities, backgrounds, and worldviews. In campaigns, I ensure this doesn't spill over into major conflicts. As such, the use of safety tools is key in my games.

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Game Master Reviews (29)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Inclusive

Visual Aid

Creativity

Evan Taylor avatar

Evan Taylor

Played 1 sessions

very much enjoyed playing with carlos. really kind, supportive, used great music/maps/clues, all around had a great time. would recommend highly.

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mike bade

Played 8 sessions

Carlos is a solid dm for all reasons but I could only pick 3 he builds a cool world and let's us do awesome stuff

DM Walt avatar

DM Walt

The Marvel Multiverse RPG test is a fun game that does feel like a comic book. Roll20 has a great interface and the graphics and maps where on point!! Thank you.

Kevin avatar

Kevin

Played 7 sessions

Carlos is amazing at ensuring everyone feels welcome at his table. He has a professional feel and helps players learning a new system.

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Chijuz

Carlos did a great job with his character development and interactions. The dialogue made it clear what people's motivations are and made it easy to interact with them. In addition, Carlos did a great job adapting the world to what people did in game.

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Ally

Played a game with Carlos tonight and he did a wonderful job! The story was well thought out, NPCs were fun , and he adapted well on the fly to us getting off track. And he had all kinds of cool music/sound effects/ visuals made up for us. Strongly recommend working with him!

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