Vahid Qualls
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About Vahid Qualls
Hello! My name is Vahid. I have been playing D&D and other TTRPGs for 40+ years. And for most of those thousands of hours I have been the DM. What I have learned is that role-playing games are an amazing way to connect with friends, create exciting unexplored worlds, and unleash pure creativity. Fun is the first consideration in these games. The sessions we will have together will be a balance of exciting, fast paced action and engaging, unpredictable plots, and interactive role playing. The adventures are dangerous. No plot armour here. The decisions you and your fellow players make truly count, and truly change the course of the story. Together, we will encounter monsters you have never seen before. You will find long lost treasures and visit places no one has laid eyes on for centuries. And at the heart of adventures are the characters that YOU make - the heroes, or perhaps antiheroes, of our adventure. If you like making fascinating characters, you're in the right place; if you love building wild and wonderful worlds, you're in the right place; if you enjoy scintillating role playing experience, you're still in the right place; if you love combat and strategy, start warming up your dice; if you love exploring dungeons, so do I; and if you love going up levels and collecting loot… yep! You're in the right place! When not doing Dungeons and Dragons, professionally I am from the television and media world. I compose music for media, especially animation, but also for advertising, magazine shows, sports, etc. I've also had experience as a voice actor, animation director, and am the producer of a D&D content company called Dice Legenz. In my personal life I am a husband and father. I live in New Zealand, but was born in Bloomington, Indiana in the United States of America. I'm a world citizen who works with people all over the planet. All that leads to one point: I hope you will join our games too. Pull up a chair and get ready to roll some dice!
At a glance
2 years on StartPlaying
309 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Inclusive, Creativity
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 50%
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I got started GMing...
Running games for my brother, sister and friends 40 years ago.
My 3 systems I'd bring to a desert island would be
D&D 5e, Star Wars d6, Paranoia
My favorite books are
In terms of fiction: Lord of the Rings, War and Peace (which I've only managed to read once), the Harry Potter Series, and most Terry Pratchet Disc World books. And in terms of comics and graphic novels Calving & Hobbes, Knights of the Dinner Table and The Dark Knight Returns.
How Vahid Qualls runs games
Cinematic storytelling through the interweaving of the unforgettable characters, unique homebrewed world settings, and fast-paced action where every scene matters. Being a professional composer, I use music heavily in the game to create and enhance the atmosphere of the scenes. At the heart of story is character. And the heart of the characters are you. As well as engaging role-playing interaction, I also enjoy combat encounters that reward intelligent, strategic thinking and the clever use of a character's abilities. I enjoy groups that are collaborative and cooperative and understand that together they are building new worlds, new mythologies. I do not tolerate players being mean to each other in any form. This is a place for people to come together, strengthen friendships, and roll dice. New players are very welcome, and I have years of experience teaching new players how to get a handle on the rules. And when in doubt, rule of cool wins every time.