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Lily

Lily (she/her)

5.0

(14)

LGBTQ+
Neurodivergent

Less than a year on StartPlaying

11 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Sets the Mood

Average response time: 4 hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

Good day adventures! My name's Lily, and I'm a passionate DM who cares deeply about maintaining a welcoming, inclusive environment at the table. I've been DMing online games for over five years. I strive to make sessions thrilling and immersive, and pride myself on my use of music and sound effects to set the scene. I work hard to ensure my games are full of encounters that are challenging, diverse, memorable and rewarding. My table welcomes people from all walks of life. D&D is a hobby that you should get to engage with being unabashedly and unapologetically yourself. I work hard to ensure players have the right expectations, are informed of potentially upsetting content ahead of time, and most importantly feel comfortable sharing their boundaries with the table. I have zero tolerance for anyone disrespecting other players, most especially their boundaries. Many campaigns I've run have been players' introductions to D&D, and I love being able to share that with people and teach them how to play. I'm very comfortable explaining rules and helping build characters.

GM Style

I focus a lot on player agency. Typically my groups see more roleplay than combat, but ultimately that's down to the decisions of the party! I maintain a world with verisimilitude through use of atmospheric music and sound effects, and several detailed battle maps of all the major locations in an adventure. Generally I prefer to hand-wave things like tracking rations and ammunition and encumbrance, but if a player wants to engage with systems like these I'm happy to oblige. I am not a voice actor! I do my best to improve at my voice acting but it is definitely not one of my strengths at this time. Instead I lean more on encounter design and well-written situations and consequences. I prefer my sessions to be shorter but tighter. Two to four hours of focused gameplay is more enjoyable for me than longer sessions which can start to drag.

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Game Master Reviews (14)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Inclusive

Sets the Mood

Patrick avatar

Patrick

Played 2 sessions

Lily is an amazing GM who puts a lot of thought and planning into every part of a session. The game mechanics she has developed for the Monster Hunters campaign add more to strategy in combat and more depth to choices made. I highly recommend playing one of Lily’s adventures.

Kyle avatar

Kyle

Played 8 sessions

Lily is a wonderful DM. I am not the most experienced player but Lily was patient and helpful. I definitely recommend signing up for her games!

Grayzeal avatar

Grayzeal

Played 8 sessions

Taking part at her game was enjoyable and she has an uncanney ablility to make newcomers feel like they have played together for years. Her games are upbeat and filled with and even ammount of both action and roleplaying. You will find yourself getting lost/wrapped up within the game that time will just fly bye, and leave you looking forward to the next adventure. If you have an oppertunity to join of of her campaingns, or are looking for a well prepaired DM that is very inclusive and ensures that everyone is part of the game I would urge you to consider it. You will have a blast.

Shard avatar

Shard

Played 1 sessions

Quite the challenge, but rule of cool prevailed and we were up to it. Great pacing and inclusivity. Worth a try!

Dan avatar

Dan

Played 2 sessions

Lily offered a fun experience with a monster-hunting adventure. It offered its own challenges and unique boss mechanics which offer more than a standard hack/slash till the monster dies. I will play at her table again. I recommend others do as well. Thanks for the fun. <3

Robert avatar

Robert

Played 10 sessions

Had a lot of fun playing the Monster Hunter game. I especially liked the boss fight mechanics. Great maps too.

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