Chris (he/him)
5.0
(16)
3 years on StartPlaying
87 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Teacher
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 100%
About me
G'day! My name is Chris and I have been DMing games of Dungeons & Dragons for 26 years. I am a professional GameMaster running 40+ hours of PF1e and PF2e every week, with more than 50 paying customers spread across ten weekly campaigns. Not only do I have a pro subscription on Roll20, but I also own every available Roll20 resource for D&D 5e. I also own five Foundry VTT licenses with Forge hosting. Additionally, I have an extensive collection of tokens, a massive collection of high-quality battle maps, custom status tokens, a Syrinscape subscription, a private Discord server with a thriving community of more than 70 players, and a truly colossal collection of third-party reference materials (over 1,000 titles).
GM Style
I am a story first kind of DM. This isn't to say that I don't love a bit of swashbuckling combat or a deadly dungeon crawl, but I am also keenly aware that you put a lot of time and effort into creating your characters. I like to reward that by building a narrative around your characters' wants and needs, as well as providing cinematic moments that give near-death experiences (and death itself) greater meaning. We're collaborating to tell the epic story of the elements, the corruption that comes with power, and the dangers of unchecked progress - not competing against one another. As long as you understand that, you're going to have a great time.
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Game Master Reviews (16)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Knows the Rules
Teacher
alwaysfaded
Played 1 sessions
Im playing a few campaigns with chris and i must say he is great. Im new to ttrpgs and he has been very helpful and has never gotten annoyed by my millions of questions. I would recommend him to new players or vets.
Anne-Katrien Geerts
Played 2 sessions
This has only been my first session with Chris, but let me tell you: His style of DMing is exactly what I've been looking for for a long time. Often when you do paid sessions DMs feel like they need to provide combat or high action packed sessions, rushing the story forward, but Chris wasn't like this at all. He promotes players to actually roleplay their characters, have them interact with each other, and allow players to actually develop their characters. When he's playing NPCs he voice acts them, in hilarious, interactive and amazing ways, even using different languages he learned during his travels, which really brings the World to life. He's a true inspiration and any aspiring DMs would really enjoy seeing his style of DMing, because it shows you what could be and that you should not be scared to use that same style of DMing.
Surya “PompeyM” Agarwal
Played 1 sessions
Played with Chris for years. Best homebrew, immersion and knowledge. Intelligent DM allowing for realistic player creativity.
Giacomo
Played 3 sessions
Really great start of the session and of this campaign. Chris managed to create a sense of union among the players right away while also the campign felt to be a really dense and curated asset for us to play. Totally reccomended.
Weaver
Played 17 sessions
Chris is an amazing GM. He puts a ton of effort into his games and is really committed to giving characters instantly-recognizable voices that make figuring out who is speaking a complete non-issue. He's great at listening to character ideas and potential game concerns. I have a very unusual trigger and he was kind and conscientious about it in our session 0. He aims for a good split between combat and roleplay, and as a roleplayer-first, I appreciate having the room to give my character life. Chris is excellent at making sure everyone gets at least a little bit of the spotlight each game.
Zummie Gummie
Played 17 sessions
GM is always prepared, entertaining, challenging, supportive, and fun to game with. Games are well balanced between RP and combat and the team really enjoys them.
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