Mertag (he/him)
5.0
(96)
4 years on StartPlaying
295 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Knows the Rules, Creativity
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 (96)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Knows the Rules
Creativity
Neil
Played 59 sessions
This GM has been really kind my myself and my gf who is very new to DND, and also is working with us when ever we have technical difficulties. I play two different weekly sessions with Mertag and I would high recommend giving him a chance - RIP Forever DM Mertag
Patrick
Played 56 sessions
Mertag does a great job pulling you into his world. He is very engaging on the RP side and encourages and enables the group dynamics and social interactions to form naturally. He is extremely fair with the rules and diligent about clarifications and disputes. I have had a blast in all of the sessions he has run and I am looking forward to many more to come!
Flaming Creature
Played 54 sessions
Although very familiar with RPG's , this was my first playthrough of a TTRPG of this caliber. I couldn't have asked for a better GM to have this first experience with. Not only did our group get along super well, but Mertag created such a great space for us to work together. Storytelling was fantastic. RP'ing was brilliant. Great humor. Definitely looking into his paid sessions with my friends (:
Chase
Played 53 sessions
Mertag is legit the best DM ive ever had, our sessions are so much fun, whether we are slaying demons, giants, and bandits, or exploring a city and getting lost in the scenery and people. We've made and become a group of close friends and i couldnt be happier to be a part of it.
Kym Wright
Played 52 sessions
I really enjoyed our first session of our campaign. Mertag is amazingly thorough and patient. He waded through a lot of session 0 hours to get our party set so we could start our role play out of the gate. He really gave us a lot to think about and even rolled with some crazy stuff we threw at him. The game was so much fun. I appreciate his dedication, attention to details but most of all - fun! We had a blast!!
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.
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