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marduker

marduker (he/him)

5.0

(21)

Artist
Teacher/Educator
Multi-lingual

3 years on StartPlaying

250 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Inclusive

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

About me

Hi! I'm Ville and I'm a 35 year old kindergarten teacher by day and an avid ttrpg player and GM by night. I bring to the table: 🐱‍👤Very calm demeanor and presence 🧙‍♂️Love of improvising 🦜My dry finnish humor 👨‍🏫Friendliness and helpfulness (I'm well learned on the systems I run) 👨‍💻4 years of FoundryVTT experience, my platform of choice. ⭐Traditional silly ttrpg voice acting! My favorite systems: D&D5e, PF2e, The one ring 2nd edition, Mothership(Cloud Empress), Shadowdark, OSRIC

GM Style

I'm a high adventure, high fantasy and tactical combat type of GM to put it very short. 🧜‍♂️🧛‍♂️🧙‍♂️💂‍♀️ General "feeling" to be found in my games can be felt in the combination of the following movies: -Le pacte des loups -The Princess Bride -The Descent -LOTR -Conan the barbarian -Pan's Labyrinth I'm fond of roleplaying, long questlines and surprising my players. There's always something unexpected to be found while adventuring in my games. I try my best to make immersive worlds that feel alive. I'm also a fan of tactical combat, exploration and encounters that have more flesh to them than simply something to hit with a big stick. +I'm your GM IF you like high fantasy, adventuring in dangerous places and the feeling of exploration and discovering ancient long lost secrets. -If you're more of a theater of the mind type of person that likes freeformy games and not so much number crunching and tactical combat, I'm probably not a good fit for you.

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Game Master Reviews (21)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Knows the Rules

Inclusive

Chris avatar

Chris

Played 57 sessions

I have been in this campaign since session zero. Ville onboarded us into Foundry effortlessly and has used it masterfully with animated maps, animated spells/actions, and plenty of soundscapes. He is never caught flat-footed by our antics and generous with his loot. You can tell that he has spent time and effort preparing material for the campaign and know's how to run it. Definitely worth your $$.

Dave avatar

Dave

Played 56 sessions

Knows the rules. Extremely patient. Allows for creativity and characters to grow in power significantly, yet keep a challenging campaign going. Runs NPC's well.

Linu avatar

Linu

Played 42 sessions

Marduker is a really cool DM. Games with him are super fun both gameplay and roleplay wise, and his maps are always top notch!

Taylor avatar

Taylor

Played 32 sessions

Ville is an awesome GM. He allows for flexibility in games, is not restrictive, he takes his time to prep for games. You leave the games calm and refreshed and wanting more.

Andrew avatar

Andrew

Played 23 sessions

My first Pathfinder experience and it was great. The GM has lots of experience, made it easy to jump in, and I had a great time.

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Dangomew

Played 22 sessions

I really love how inclusive Ville is in his games! He made me feel very welcome and was accommodating and patient with me as a newer player. I really love his attention to detail in games and the fantastic maps, tokens and more that he uses are really great. He's very open to player stories and backgrounds and incorporates them well into the game, and is friendly and approachable outside of games. As a newbie who struggles with system, he and the other players made me feel very welcome and safe in the game. Would very much recommend him for a fantastic experience!

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