Benjamin, aka Professor Dragon (he/him)
5.0
(5)
2 years on StartPlaying
37 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Creativity, Inclusive
About me
I am a professional educator who has helped hundreds of people roll up their first characters. I am deeply committed to introducing new players to the game I love, and I am skilled in making unfamiliar concepts easy for beginners. while still keeping games dynamic and engaging for veterans. I have a background in Medieval and Renaissance history, as well as theater, and bring all of it to support dungeon mastering a great game for you, I hope to see you at my virtual table soon!
GM Style
I like the games I run to focus on player choice, creative problem solving, and group actions having meaningful consequences. I favor roleplay over tactical combat, but I'm certainly ready to bring engaging tactical combat. Basically I like to focus on the experiences that you can not get out of a computer game, or any other game where you don't have a live person updating and redesigning the experience to react and adapt to your decisions and a group of other people to react off of. I also did graduate work in Medieval and Renaissance European history and I definitely bring a lot of that flavor to games.
Games played
Game Master Reviews (5)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Voices
Creativity
Inclusive
ccidog
Played 36 sessions
Ben is a great DM for more casual campaigns. He is very welcoming and knowledgeable about 5e. He listens to players very well, and has made me feel included throughout our campaign. 10/10 would recommend!
Lucas
Ben has hosted several amazing games for us. I'm constantly throwing him curveballs and he adapts to each one in a fun and dynamic manner. He is very creative with making alterations to the campaign to suit the characters, and is a wonderful storyteller.
Daniel
Benjamin is a lovely GM! His storytelling is cohesive and engaging, he is clear about expectations for the table, he is a flexible and open-minded person, and he is definitely proficient with using Roll20 and Discord as tools for playing online. He can take the game seriously but also have a laid back approach, making the table feel more comfortable to new players!
cola cat23
Combat is always dynamic and engaging. The DM has a great understanding of how monsters will generally act in combat in relation to their stats and/or lore. There was a unique voice for every NPC that made them very memorable and fun to engage with. Overhead maps for towns and battlemaps were always provided which helped with immersion and clarity greatly.
milo
I'm really greatful to Benjamin for DMing a campaign with me and my friends. It's been fabulous so far, and we've had a lot of space to be creative and really develop our characters. Benjamin is incredibly knowledgeable about DnD, and has a lot of experience teaching beginners how to play, but is also great at helping players on a more advanced level. He's easy to contact as well (I'd say that's a pretty important trait for a DM). One of my favorite parts of the campaign so far has been the NPCs' voices. I really cannot recommend him enough.
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