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Ryan

Ryan (he/him)

5.0

(5)

2 years on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Storytelling, World Builder, Voices

About me

Welcome, ye travelers, ye vagabonds and nere-do-wells, welcome adventurers one and all! I'm new to this whole professional GM concept, but I am looking forward to joining this community, broadening my horizons and honing my craft. If you like adventure, legend and myth, if you seek glory, gold and renown, if you want to put a little more wonder in your life and in the world, come on up! Grab your dice, a Dixon Ticonderoga #2 and a bottle of Code Red. Let's roll!

GM Style

My games usually have a well-balanced mix of elements. Plenty of fast-paced action with a healthy dash of discovery, a heap of drama and ample opportunities for creative expression. At my table, you will most likely find: - strong central tones and themes, with well-established settings for my players to explore and be a part of. - simple, flexible houserules and RAI. - a two-way conversation during character creation and play, to help bring your vision to life. - moments when investments pay off, in system mastery or in theatric scenes. - dynamic encounters that unfold organically, with high stakes and lots of emotion.

Game Master Reviews (5)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Storytelling

World Builder

Voices

James avatar

James

I've played many, many games with this GM, in a variety of settings. The game we just finished was a Chronicles of Darkness game set in modern-day America, in Northern Wisconsin. As always, the player characters felt like established parts of the setting before session one began. We all wanted our characters to be doing well as people because we felt invested immediately after character creation. We felt comfortable role playing right away. It was an exciting and challenging game with a satisfying ending, but perhaps most notable is how he managed to keep developing the plot around our actions, without being restrictive about our choices. The game didn't meander, nor did it adhere to a strict, linear series of events. The encounters were tense, the story was compelling, and our characters had to work together, using all their talents, to figure out the secret goings on in Rhinelander, WI.

Angel avatar

Angel

His Storytelling is so visual that it freaked me out when he started talking about spiders lol He is a great dungeon, master. Would recommend him 1000x over! He has maps and visual stuff as well!

Avery avatar

Avery

Ryan has always done an excellent job creating rich worlds and stories for his players to interact with. Very passionate and always well-prepared!

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Ch'tielishul

Such a treat. Ryan is an astounding GM. His games are on a whole other level. His sessions are incomparably alive, his settings are fresh and richly detailed, his NPCs supurbly characterized and acted, and oh the adventure! He's brought us through strange disappearances of alchemists, beyond the liminal worlds of the Sidhe, and sometime to the gates of madness itself and beyond. The relentless planning that he puts into each session and every game. No one could do what he does without complete passion for the story, the character, the artistry, and not without having the supreme talent for story telling he has.

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Nathan

Ryan was absolutely amazing and proved to be very experienced. We did a DnD 5e Halloween one shot with 7 players and he really knew what he was doing. The encounters were balanced and very interesting, there were puzzles, and at the end our simple monster hunt turned out to be more complicated than expected. He proved to be very sophisticated with his use of the English language and very creative with his descriptive wording. His rulings were fair and he reacted well to how the players changed the outcome. I never felt like I was being railroaded or pushed in a particular direction. We got to see the real consequences of our choices and it resulted in a very exciting outcome. 10/10 highly recommend!!!!!

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