Mertag (he/him)
5.0
(95)
4 years on StartPlaying
290 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Storytelling, Knows the Rules
Average response time: 11 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
My campaign is not one for the weak hearted. There will be challenges, excitement, and strife. There will be battles for your very lives. Or for those more clever, an opportunity to outwit. I am a fair adjudicator for a world I've grown to know well. My personal background has included acting at renaissance faires and DMing for friends. I use voices for various NPCs and Foundry as a Virtual Table Top. I even have a varied playlist for background music depending on the situation. I push my players to RP to the best of their ability. As long as they are trying, I'm content. The goal is to allow the suspension of disbelief and full immersion into the world.
GM Style
My GM style is adaptive. It depends what kind of players I take on. It's all about balancing the 3 pillars of DnD to the party's liking. Role play, exploration, combat. RP- I wont push too hard, but RP is 2/3 of RPG, so it's kinda important. Math. I like to run challenging campaigns that fully pull players into connecting with their characters. This includes developing tie-ins to backstories and opportunities for character development. Exploration- Using Foundry VTT, I can prepare a spread of maps and have them ready depending where the players decide to go. Included is dynamic lighting, which gives each player their own individual FOV to the battlefield. Combat- If you've never used a VTT before, you are missing out. With character sheet integration, each roll is just a click away. This helps with encounter pacing immensely giving each player more time to interact with the world. My homebrew rules: https://redd.it/iswpn3 Player Guide to Foundry VTT: https://redd.it/iscpkq
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Game Master Reviews (95)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Voices
Storytelling
Knows the Rules
Christopher Atkinson
This guy is just the best, every session is a great time, RP or combat or otherwise
Seth
Played 2 sessions
Knows his rules and takes no mercy on the party, using the monsters abilities to their best abilities. Will definitely be challenged to think how to use your abilities as groups and individuals in order to survive. Also ensures very little table talk of strategy in-between turns which helps to maintain immersion. And yet even with this...he is patient to help newbies get up to speed on DnD and Forge VTT mechanics. Great DM for both new and experienced players!
Elle
Played 1 sessions
Definitely doesn't go easy on new players, but that made it more fun.
Sir Elio Tagore, Grandmaster of Mockery, Strummer of the Iron Strings, Silver Tongued Troubadour, Yodeler of Great Beyond, Perpetrator of The Great Stuffing Trample of Estergate, Wielder of the Despicable Fyring Pan of Gracklstugh, Bewhiskered Ballad-Monger of Waterdeep, Whisperer of the Forgotten Winds, Connoisseur of Hypnotic Patterncraft, Discoverer of the Sacred Pan Flute of Ogolgash, Wrangler of Uncomfortably Sticky Phantasms, Legendary Confuser of Giants in Particularly Not Helpful Manner, Domesticator of Violent Ooze, Fervent Explorer of Uncharted Lands Containing Wildly Egregious (But Highly Appreciated) Form Input/Database Field Length Limitations, Avenger of the Oppressed and Guardian of the Common Folk
Played 51 sessions
Mertag is an artiste! Nay, a MAESTRO! OH what thrill! What drama! What mischief, and danger! The game is so rich that small aspects of Sir Elio Tagore, Bard Extraordinaire, have begun leaking into my daily life. I now feel naked without my lute within reach, and each moment not filled with song wears heavier than the last on the very essence of my being. I no longer dream in English, but instead in Mediocre Shakespearian Accent English. The comingling of imagination with reality has presented some... unexpected problems. My TASTELESS family has collectively banned me from holiday functions after the last "incident". Suuuure, applause all around when cousin Wally vomits his unrefined "performance" of Hot Cross Buns through his recorder (a crude, elementary instrument!), but the moment Elio's graceful sonata begins to pour like rich honey over the dining room table, all the sudden it's "PuT DoWn tHaT DaMn UkuLeLe!!!", "GeT DOWN fRoM ThE DiNnEr tAbLe!!" and "THAT INAPPROPRIATELY REVEALING, CHILD SIZED LEPRECHAUN COSTUME has not left your GRIMEY body in FOUR DAYS, and you just TRAMPLED Grandma's cranberry stuffing with those tiny elf shoes that hardly cover the toes of your DISGUSTING FEET!" Not a drop of inspiration between them. Not. A. Drop.
Chris
Played 49 sessions
Always a great time!
Corrinne
Played 31 sessions
Great GM. Does a thorough job answering questions. Allows his players to explore while giving them the option to advance the plotline.
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