Morrganical
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About Morrganical
Hello! I’m glad you’re here. I’m Morgan – a professional DM, passionate gamer, and lover of all things that positively nurture the human experience based in the Pacific Northwest. With over 15 years of dnd experience, I’ve helped players from all walks of life learn to express themselves through stories while having fun and building connections. My background in acting, creative writing, public speaking, and human development is evidenced by the imaginative, creative co-operative game I build with you. Message me and let's get started! The collaborative elements of telling a nuanced, creative, and personal story together with others has been the drive and focus of my games ever since I started DMing. My games have heavy focus on narrative expression, inter-personal relationships, and personalized player experience as opposed to the shoe-horn style of making players fit into specific boxes to fit the campaign. Why not build a campaign around the players than have players build around the campaign? Though there is a level of nostalgia with pre-made modules, my love for the game really shines in world building and homebrew. I've been homebrewing my game worlds since I began DMing. It is truly where I, and my players, flourish.
At a glance
3 years on StartPlaying
195 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Sets the Mood
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My 3 systems I'd bring to a desert island would be
Never Stop Blowing up Dungeons & Dragons 3.5e or 5e Mutants and Masterminds
My favorite shows/movies are
Avatar the last airbender, midnight gospel, scavengers reign, Frieren, Everything Everywhere All at Once, princess mononoke, and many more!
When I'm not running games I'm...
Teaching dance, playing magic the gathering, writing, walking my dog, playing games, or spending time with my partner.
How Morrganical runs games
I am an avid lover of roleplay, narrative focus, and inter-personal relationships. Most of my games involve a story backdrop tailored to my players backstories so that EVERYONE has a place in the world and has appropriate motives and hooks to drive their vision of their character forward. I'm no stranger to crunchy and challenging combat, though I typically favor dramatic elements as opposed to being an adversarial DM. Although, if you certainly WANT me to try and kill your character I can ;) You'll find that most of my games have heavy themes of existentialism, deep personal exploration, empathic and moral based choices and dilemmas, and grand epics that highlight your characters as beings of mythos and legend. Though I do not do a variety of voices, as I'm not a voice actor, I do my best to help distinguish NPCs with voice and description, provide visuals, handouts, ambient music, and Virtual Table top elements as well to enhance the feel and immersion of gameplay. All of my games are LGBTQ+ friendly and welcoming. This is non-negotiable as I believe everyone has a seat at the table.
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My games focus on...
Narrative exploration of characters. Our stories are only as interesting as our characters interacting within it. I focus my games on building upon and expanding our above table human experience to fuel our on-table character interactions to feel genuine and involved.
Rules are...
A medium to assist in telling a story. Rules provide a framework to guide the storytelling so it maintains a sense of continuity within the universe. Rules are made to be both followed and broken- depending on the needs and desire of the table.
Morrganical's ideal table
My ideal table is a group of people that know we are telling a story. It's not just a game, it's a collaboration of creative minds telling the stories we wished we could see on TV, read about in books, and listen to in music. The beach episode session is JUST as important as the session slaying the BBEG. Players willing to make unoptimized choices for the sake of great fiction are my ideal players 💜
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I think it's a red flag when players...
Cannot separate their character from themselves. Involvement in your character is great, but you are not your character, you're playing them. Remember your fellow players are too. Managing session 'bleed' is a necessity in games with emotional stakes.
My table is not the place for...
"winning the game". You're not here to outshine every other player and be the best there ever was. You're here to have fun, tell a wonderful story, and hopefully make some phenomenal friends in the process.
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