Persephone (she/they)
5.0
(8)
1 year on StartPlaying
2 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Voices, Inclusive
About me
π Many years of experience. π³οΈβπβ§οΈ All inclusive GM <3 π Narrative/Descriptive GM style. π Incorporates and focuses on player back stories. π’ Professional voice actor! πΌ Music and Ambience incorporation. πΊοΈ Avid Map maker! π Lover of many systems. π± Loves teaching new players <3 π₯οΈ Can run on Discord, Owlbear, DnDbeyond and Roll20, still learning Foundry. Hey there! I'm Persephone and I've been a longtime player of D&D since Kindergarten (Pretty much my whole life)! Started with 3.5e with my friends LARPing on the playground which inevitably landed me into the DM's seat! I've been DMing for 5e for about 7 years now and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Expanding my knowledge into other systems and mechanics is a long term goal of mine, but for the time being I seek to expand the lore and worldbuilding on my 2 separate homebrew settings that I have each individually put 5 years into crafting and perfecting! As of this year, I have played in 6 long term full running campaigns as well as countless 1 shots and short term campaigns, DMed 2 lvl 1-20 campaigns to completion, and ran several 1 shots and short term campaigns in homebrew settings, other systems, and modules from both 3.5e and 5e. I am a part time map maker and artist pursuing a degree in anthropology with a focus in archaeology, I enjoy a healthy bit of voice acting for my own entertainment and am currently looking for a forever group to run games for. All in all I believe that's everything you should know about me! I'm an LGBTQ friendly Trans DM with years of experience and varied skills that enhance my dming style. If you're interested in one of my worlds, message me personally or check out my Games!
GM Style
- I use a hefty amount of self made, self playtested homebrew to specifically fit into my worlds, though I will rarely allow for homebrew outside my Compendium to exist so long as I vet it. - Character customization will always be in depth, allowing for any combination of race and class for maximum personability, with only a few exceptions. - Rule of cool reigns supreme! If you would like to do something, chances are it is within the realm of possibility. - Historical inspiration and myth/legend/lore are referenced heavily in all of my works, though there are many artistic liberties I take. - I run Roleplay heavy 4 hour sessions with intense combat implementing puzzle like mechanics in both the terrain and the enemy itself, occasional political intrigue with a heavy focus on character backstory to drive mid to late game. - I use a soft magic system, allowing for editing and augmenting of spells, magic items, and potions by any class with enough gold, materials, and the proper knowledge. Any edits wanted will be personally vetted and come at an appropriate cost, likely involving some sort of side quest. -Sessions will be sequential early game, days will pass by slower and there will be heavy emphasis on travel and story to get everyone acclimated to the world, though I will implement the occasional time skip or montage at the appropriate moments. - I put a great deal of effort into custom maps for individual players relating to their backstories, and I love to see a great deal of effort put into my players backstories in return <33
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Game Master Reviews (8)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Storytelling
Voices
Inclusive
Persephone was an amazing DM! I am a pretty new player, and she was SO helpful explaining everything and helping make sure I knew what was going on. She consistently made sure that I understood what we were doing and that I was having fun and not getting stressed and overwhelmed! She has absolutely stunning maps and visual aids that make the world she created incredibly immersive. You can tell she works really hard to curate an amazing experience (including ambient noise and music!) She should really go into voice acting with all of the different voices that she does for the characters! Overall, she tells an amazing story. Every session feels like it goes by so quickly and always leaves us wanting to continue. I, for one, am incredibly invested to see where The Collective Materia campaign goes! I'm super excited for each new session and it's the highlight of my week!! She is very careful to provide an inclusive and safe environment for all of her players, especially for LGBTQIA+ people. All in all, I've had an amazing time with a wonderful and kind DM that has created a truly incredible group and campaign. I really can't recommend her enough!
I joined after session one, which for anyone who's played with strangers is usually not something that goes well, but the Persephone found a way to introduce me in a way that felt natural to the world. Since then I've embarked on shopping sprees and what feels like carefully crafted combat. Once even nearly dying to spiders and having a cursed tree branch slowly consume my autognomes mechanical soul. What's wonderful is the opportunities given to roleplay everything and how naturally everything falls into place.
i LOVE persephone's DMing style and couldn't dream of recommending a DM more than her! i've been playing dnd for a good 7ish years now with experience playing under a lot of different DMs, but persephone is absolutely the best of the best that i've ever had the delight of playing with. she genuinely cares so much about your creativity and your character's story and progression through her world, not to mention her experience with the rules of D&D make the mechanical aspects of her game run so incredibly smoothly. her story telling and descriptive improv capabilities are absolutely A+ in my book, and as a player who covets roleplay over everything else her games have never failed to impress me and make my week for sure!
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