DM Jim
he/him
4.7
(3)
Timezone
About DM Jim
I was a forever DM from 1985 until 1999 when my son was born. I took 21 years off and came back for 5 years as a player and now 3 years running games again. I'm excited to be back on this side of the table again. I enjoy players building the Character in their Character. Developing their place in the world. Leveling is fun but developing a life for the character is amazing.
At a glance
3 years on StartPlaying
12 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, World Builder, Teacher
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
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I got started GMing...
lol no one else in the group would run a game so I did :)
How DM Jim runs games
I really like a mix of combat and roleplay. My best game would be long running and have the characters all have LIVES not just levels. However one shots and official adventures are also great fun. Story is my favorite part, not my story but yours. You get to live though you character and have a life. I will encourage you to develop hopes and dreams to you character not just backstories. I like to use out of game time to build and flesh out characters using discord channels and sometimes one on one mini games developing things outside of scheduled game time.
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Rules are...
Rules are the foundation of the game. But they don't have to be the end of one. If something works in the game and makes it more fun (for everyone) then its all good.
DM Jim's ideal table
I like old school types of play styles. I would rather have someone describe what they're doing instead of just roll the dice and did I find it? or was that guy lying. So I will go a long ways to help players who want to "play" their characters. It make the game so much more fun for me to DM if I can see your characters in the setting.
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I love it when a player
Play their "character" role play is what makes it fun.