Onward

he/him

Timezone

America/new York

Language

English

About Onward

I've been a GM for as long as I've been playing D&D. I'm a bit of a movie, anime and music nerd. I'm an aspiring writer and I have a deep love of storytelling in its various forms. You could even say I've studied it as a way of developing my own talents as a writer.

At a glance

Less than a year on StartPlaying

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The three words my players would use to describe me are...

Benevolent, engaging and determined.

When I'm not running games I'm...

Writing or spending time with my Fiancé and our dog Hunter

How Onward runs games

I love complex plots with various moving parts and I like a world where while there are elements of good and evil; there's also a lot of grey. While I love the drama and the intrigue, tension and tragedy, I also love to laugh. I don't ever want a game to get so serious where we can't find a way to laugh and have fun and be silly. I try to deeply integrate your backgrounds and make your characters tied to the world so their journey can still remain personal. I tend to stick to the rule of cool.

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If my games were Movies they'd be directed by...

According to my fiancé, it's as if James Gunn and Taika Waititi did a collab.

I prep by

Making maps, finding appropriate music and also planning the consequences for my player's actions.

When it comes to voices

You're going to hear different variations of the same voice. I try to give it presence and character. I am not a trained voice actor. Though sometimes a voice does come to me. It just won't be impressive.

Onward's ideal table

I fully embrace the joke character. I love having a discord channel just for campaign memes. I believe players should have to do recap, it's much better to see the world from your characters recollection than my own. My version has too much authority, your flawed version makes for an interesting story before we start. Every part of the story should be collaborative, tell me how you hit that guy. How you tripped and fell on your face trying to pickpocket. Or how you couldn't hold in that fart while trying to be sneaky.

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I think metagaming...

I think metagaming ruins part of the fun of roleplaying. Using knowledge your character shouldn't know to enhance a situation robs the character from having a moment. There's so much fun to be had from having the wrong information. Letting our characters fail makes it so much better when they win.

I think min/maxing...

I have absolutely no issue with optimizing your characters to be as efficient in combat as possible. If that's how you enjoy playing the game then I won't get in your way. As long as you don't try to change how someone else plays the game.