Erika

she/her

5.0

(6)

Timezone

America/vancouver

Language

English

Identity

LGBTQ+

Asian

Teacher/Educator

Women/Femme Identifying

About Erika

Well met, adventurer! I'm Erika (she/her) and I hope to be your GM! I've been playing TTRPGs since 2015, and GMing since 2016. I have thousands of GM hours under my belt and a proven track record of reliability and consistency for the tables I run. I love being able to facilitate exploration of the world and character growth of the PCs at my table. Whether you're a character-driven storyteller or a combat strategist, I will create an environment where you will thrive. My tables are safe spaces. Bigotry of any kind will not be tolerated.

At a glance

1 year on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Visual Aid, Knows the Rules, Inclusive

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I became a GM because

As a player at various tables, I always had ideas of how I would do things differently as a GM, so I finally decided to turn my thoughts into action and I've never looked back.

My favorite shows/movies are

The Knives Out series, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, How I Met Your Mother

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

playing video games (Professor Layton and Ace Attorney are my faves), painting, and spending time with my dog!

How Erika runs games

I enjoy telling robust stories that are fulfilling; you should feel satisfied with the story we told together once it's come to an end. I also am driven by combats that challenge you—not encounters that are overpowered for the sake of being overpowered, but ones that challenge your thinking and make you come up with new strategies so you're not doing the same routine every round. One of the most important aspects to me is having clear communication with my players, both in and out of game. I make efforts to ensure descriptions of the scene or information that's important to the story are not lost upon my players. Game breaking decisions can be made when they're based on faulty information, so I try to prevent such situations to the best of my ability.

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I prep by

highlighting the text with a several-color code and rereading the upcoming section for prewritten adventures, or outlining where I want the story to go in the near, middle, and distant future for homebrew campaigns.

My games focus on...

discovering the story together as a group. I love dropping threads over time that are all tied up by the end.

Erika's ideal table

First and foremost, members of the LGBTQIA+ community are absolutely welcome at my table! I like a table where there is levity, though not quite cartoon silliness, and I appreciate players who are able to let a scene breathe when things are more serious.