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Critter

Critter (she/her)

5.0

(6)

2 years on StartPlaying

2 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Knows the Rules

About me

I have always enjoyed hosting games, ever since I was a kid playing D&D at the library with my friends after school. I always enjoyed making up my own campaign settings and I have notebooks and binders full of things I really should have tried to publish ages ago. I enjoy all kinds of games from horror to fantasy adventure to sci-fi, and have played a lot of games if not run them at some point. I have run and helped to run online games in text format, some of them boasting 40 or more players at a time. I am not opposed to some collaborative work either. I took a break (at the wrong time apparently) from gaming and just as I was getting back into it, found this site.

GM Style

I love experiences, mysteries, and deep stories. I like passing notes, letting other people try to guess at what's really going on. I like making people think. I do play/run a lot of horror themed games, but I am not opposed to lighter fantasy to take a break now and then. I am much more into Role-play than Roll-play but understand that there are some things that are just better left to the dice. I like to streamline combat as much as possible, rules and rolls wise because I hate spending all of the in-game time working out numbers and not working on the story. For text-based games I actually wrote a program that handles 90% of the work for that reason. You tell it what you want to do, it makes the rolls and posts a result and you describe in your words how it played out. I do occasionally enjoy the technical aspects and may play a game for the strategy. An example of this would be a high level campaign around each character being the leader of their nation, each player having to control entire armies.

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Game Master Reviews (6)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Storytelling

Creativity

Knows the Rules

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Kaius

I've played in several games run by Critter so far. She's good at telling immersive stories, and incorporating interestingly unexpected things into what's happening.

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Mel

I have RP'd with Critter before. I always enjoy the attention to detail in her stories and the sometimes crazy antics.

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Mike Cushing

Character based lines of story content

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Chadast

I have some serious confidence issues and Nox has been amazing about keeping me included in the game and having fun. Their world building is amazing with multidimensional NPCs and great depth to the setting.

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Daedalus

Played 1 sessions

I'm new to Mage 20th, though despite that play was smooth.

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tehlorri

Really likes incorporating your character's background into story plot points. If you give her something unique to work with, then she keeps the detail in mind for story hooks. If you have a standard sort of character, she'll still craft you a fun game, and give you space to develop the character's identity. She's not afraid of shenanigans, as long as there's an end reason to it.

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