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Josh

Josh (he/him)

5.0

(11)

3 years on StartPlaying

42 games hosted

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Teacher, Inclusive

About me

Hi, I'm Josh. I love running games and I prefer being the dungeon master and thought why not expand on what I love doing. I've mostly run pathfinder 2e. but have also ran shadow of the demon lord, alien ttrpg, vaesan, wicked ones, lancer, paranoia, monster of the week, fabula ultima and learning a couple other. I like to world build and reacting to people actions in the worlds I run. Creative solutions are the most fun things to work with.

GM Style

I love the stories and world building. I love it when a player comes up with a cool idea and tries to figure out how to add it or work with it around it in the game. making their characters involved in the world and making them grow in the world and the world grows around them. I have been playing dnd 5e nearly every week from 2012 to 2021. I DM’ed the majority of my games for that entire time from about 2013 onwards and until recently that was my game. I’ve DM’ed other games systems alongside that and played in others. I like learning systems and trying them out and found some real gold that I like even if I can’t find the players for it always. My strength I would say is I try to work with players, I’m good at improv. I have interesting ideas for challenges other than hitting it until it stops moving. I have run games for people ages 11 to 60 so far and adjust how I speak and what I say accordingly. I can run modulus and homebrew. I try to make things just challenging enough that its hard but not brutal where you can't progress or just die over and over.

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Game Master Reviews (11)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Knows the Rules

Teacher

Inclusive

Miguel  avatar

Miguel

Josh hosted a fun game for PF2e beginners. He solved all our doubts and had Foundry running perfectly.

Marc avatar

Marc

We played the beginner box set of pathfinder 2e. Josh was really patient and explained everything from creating your character to how foundry works. Just an awesome experience for a beginner.

Robin BLZ avatar

Robin BLZ

Josh covered the pathfinder starter set with 6 new players with lots of questions but handled it really well and we had great fun!

Dimitris avatar

Dimitris

Played 1 sessions

My first time playing Pathfinder 2E, coming from D&D 5E. Josh made it so easy to switch! Haven't got so much fun in a while! I totally recommend playing with him - 10/10!

Ren avatar

Ren

First time player of Pathfinder 2e, and only had an inkling of how the game works from my time playing DnD 5e. He helped me throughout the entire process, and I had a blast playing. 10/10.

Kyle Davis avatar

Kyle Davis

GM was well prepared, did a good job managing all the moving pieces, and did a good job creating an easy and fun player experience for everyone.

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