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Kerby

Kerby (he/him)

5.0

(10)

Streamer
Podcaster
Asian

2 years on StartPlaying

36 games hosted

Highly rated for: Inclusive, Knows the Rules, Storytelling

About me

I've been running RPGs since 2004, with the large majority of that happening between now and 2014. I got my start with World of Darkness, and now I run almost any game under the sun. I think my style is very player and character centric, even with premade campaigns, and open for a lot of collaboration to tell a good story. I do not run DND 5E. Nothing terribly against it, I just don't think it would be fair of me to charge money to DM a game I'm meh about.

GM Style

- Roleplaying: I usually follow player cues. If you're doing voices, I'll usually do voices. If you're talking third person, I'll usually match that. - I enjoy tactical combat as much as I enjoy cinematic, narrative-driven combat. - Crunch. I enjoy crunch when it's actually done well. I like finding games that match my player's speed/taste for it. - I LOVE spotlighting characters. I often like just giving the reigns on worldbuilding away, too. This varies from table-to-table, so it's something I like to talk about at session 0.

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Game Master Reviews (10)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Inclusive

Knows the Rules

Storytelling

Brobear avatar

Brobear

Kerby ran a demo of Mage the Awakening 2e for me, and he did a great job explaining the rules in a clear and easily-understandable way. He used an original scenario that provided opportunities for the characters to shine, letting us play to our strengths and faults in ways that also allowed him opportunities to elaborate on game mechanics as they came up. I'd gladly play with Kerby again!

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Erica Emmert

Love learning new games from Kerby, both games I plan to play and games I plan to GM. Handles different player styles well and makes sure to engage with everyone.

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Christopher

Kerby is creative and knowledgeable across systems, and is really patient and great at teaching new games!

Gwydo avatar

Gwydo

Played 1 sessions

What a great time rolling with Kerby. Knowledgeable in older and newer systems, and he was more than happy to help us through character creation, and answer any questions we had both during and after the session. Additionally, throughout the entire session he was enthusiastic and creative even in the face of the inevitable unexpected player choices. Great GM. Highly recommended. If you get a chance to play a game with this guy, do yourself a favour and take advantage of the opportunity!

Katy avatar

Katy

A wonderful storyteller and game master. Always going out of the way to include all players in the session. Really descriptive and creative. I always have fun playing.

Dave avatar

Dave

Played 32 sessions

This was just Session 0, so we didn't do any actual gameplay, but the GM was very good about covering lines and veils, X-cards, and the like, respect for other players, and the special mechanics involved in this particular campaign.

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