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Aryn S

Aryn S

4 years on StartPlaying

About me

I am just a normal dude who has a passion for DnD! I ran three groups of 6+ people for a while so I have a lot of experience balancing people's experiences! I work as an Operations Manager for a Hazardous Materials Handling Company during the day and by night I am a super nerd! My inspirations are: Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension20), Brian Murphy (NADDPOD), Matthew Mercer (Critical Role), and Matthew Colville (How to Run Your Game Youtube Series)

GM Style

I live for the roleplay. I try to balance sessions out with a decent mix of combat and roleplaying, depending on the window of play time. If they are 2 hour sessions I may end up doing one session of roleplaying, then one session of combat. Longer sessions get a better variety. I try to do voices, but I am no professional voice actor. I am not perfect. When starting out with a group I make combats easy, fun, and entertaining, so that way the group can get a feel for what the ideal strategy is for their team. Once we have a few combats under our belts I shift focus. I will make combats difficult but fair. The enemies are tactical, they will be strong, but there will always be a way to defeat them. Whether it is falling back and striking at a better time, or outwitting the enemy. Lastly, I try to stick to rules as a crutch for beginners, but once we get more familiar with what is allowed and not allowed, I tend to rule in favor of Rule of Cool. I won't let you stack advantages, but I will let you use Thorn Whip to pull an ally back without hurting them. And the DM has a DC15 persuasion check, so feel free to make an argument!

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