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Mike the Wight

Mike the Wight (he/him)

5.0

(10)

2 years on StartPlaying

1 game hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Voices, Rule of Cool

About me

Who? - Hi my name is Michael. What? - Tall man. Deep voice. Small brain. When? - I am 30 years of age. Where? - Middle Earth, New Zealand. Why? - To laugh and tell stories.

GM Style

I value the following traits the most: - Flexibility - Creativity - Improvisation I will lay the foundation for the world and provide an exciting space for you to roleplay in. Its important to me that I remain flexible and adapt my creations to the tell the story of YOU the player. I highly encourage players to get creative. Rule of Cool baby! Listening is a skill that I have learned to value more and more as I have Game Mastered over the years. Your input is important to me and has so much value to the game. My players inspire my creativity and my games embrace this collaboration. I put in the prep before my games so that I can throw what I need out the window when the time comes and adapt to the moment. I have a background in acting training and experience in the voice over industry which has given me a strong base for improvising. My games have fully voiced characters to interact with, each with their own motivations and ambitions. I also love creating monsters, villains and combat scenarios in my spare time. The roleplay does not stop with combat. Expect dynamic situations and high stakes!

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Game Master Reviews (10)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Voices

Rule of Cool

Quizzical Cereal avatar

Quizzical Cereal

Michael ran an an exceptional game of Descent into Avernus me and others. The way he was able to tie in our various character backstories into the module was impressive and that along with how well he was able to convey the narrative made me exceptionally invested in both my character and the story as a whole. He allows for a lot of player freedom, and runs engaging combat and narrative encounters. Also, very fun & memorable NPCs.

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Reuben .Bowen

Michael always did an incredible job with his characters as a player and now as a dm this has shifted to his npcs, they are varied, hillarious and powerful in equal measure, fit the themes and places and are always a joy for us as players to uncover who we will find next.

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Ben P-T

Michael is a great DM. His story telling and world building is so immersive, with the characters/character voices, the setting of the scene and ambience sounds of the general world and the action of the fights. He likes to keep the narrative moving forwards, so never any of them stagnant moments you get with some other DM's, this doesn't mean you are on any sort of tracks. His rule of cool is fair and fun and allowed some cool group combos. If you ever come across "The Woods" in any of his games ask to hear about the legends of the "Weirdos of the woods".

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Sara Hayward

Mike was super friendly and approachable and created unique and memorable characters with great voice acting. He’s super chill and makes new and experienced players very comfortable. Would recommend!

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Austin Bowen

Just a great classic story game with good vibes and a DM that will support you and has the knowledge to make it a seamless and professional experience. You will not be looked down upon for lesser knowledge or asking questions. Can not recommend enough!!! Thanks!!!!

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Chase

Mike is a super fun and generally enthusiastic DM, he often brings some creative ideas to the table for example in our session, we had negotiated with some kobolds and had requested to take some with us to assist us in our mission, but the unique thing was, not only did we each get a kobold to control we got to name them as-well and the whole fact of it pretty much added another layer onto the lower level mission we were doing. There was a lot of unique things that spiced up the combat encounters and general gameplay which was very fun like special environmental points of interest, and interesting topography and enemy's which we encountered.

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