Jake Dannenberg (he/him)
5.0
(6)
2 years on StartPlaying
17 games hosted
Highly rated for: Voices, Creativity, Storytelling
About me
Hi! I'm Jake Dannenberg, well JaCOB but Jake sounds less fancy. Anyways, I've been a DM for quite a few years now. I've ran many games that have gone in many directions. From running the module "Out of the Abyss" and battling the Demogorgon as he tries to take over the Underdark to a homebrew game that I'm currently creating that takes the party across the Great Wheel Cosmology to fend off an encroaching Elder Evil. I like to think that the biggest aspect of tabletop games is the imagination, and if there's no limit to our imaginations then there's no limit to the fun we can have at tabletop games! Of course there's the mechanics but that's semantics. I'm eager to play games with all of you guys whenever my schedule allows! Which, surprisingly enough, is commonly very open.
GM Style
I'm a big fan of roleplay but also of combat. The rule of cool being something I especially enjoy. However, combat is the most technical aspect of tabletop in general, and who likes to leave things up to chance at every moment in a given situation? I much more prefer the roleplay side of things, since that's the most immersive part of tabletop in general. If you find yourself joining one of my games, you can expect a lot of talking with NPC's and even multiple occasions where villains you encounter in my games could be reasoned with. I will rarely have a situation where the BBEG is just a big and mindless monster that has no interesting character traits. OF COURSE THAT ISN'T TO SAY THAT I WILL NEVER USE MINDLESS MONSTERS, but nonetheless! I hope that if you are joining one of my games, you love to play characters and interact with NPC's, monsters, villains, and even animals if you have the speak with animals spell.
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Game Master Reviews (6)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Voices
Creativity
Storytelling
The
Jake is a fun and good DM to have, he lets jokes go on (which normally ends up with everyone having to catch their breath from laughing so much) but he also knows when to take it more seriously, so players don't get off track. People that like to play casual games would like Jake.
Maxell
This guy knows what he's doing. I've seen his work on game work on discord servers as well as other platforms, he keeps things simple and pretty damn fun. You get an awesome world and the characters are great. Would recommend 10/10.
Constantly
Jake has been a very good friend of mine for many years, and only recently has he gotten me to finally give D&D a try. The amount of time and effort he puts into his sessions amazes me, it really feels like I'm playing a big-time dungeon game like Path of Exile where pretty much anything could happen every step of the way. He also explains things very well if you don't quite understand what's going on, so I definitely will say he is beginner friendly. He's also incredibly funny too, I always have a good laugh playing with him. His sessions are definitely worth your money.
Jake
GM very funny. Gives the session a better mood just by helping to add to some of the characters in his own way. If you want a DM who'll get along with a group who likes to joke around a lot, he's a perfect fit. I especially liked when he let me: - Scour for any kind of small animal in my location to add to my collection of jarred pets. Which has earned my character a spider, a cockroach, a snake, a crab, and almost a pet rock after mistaking it for being alive. - Allowing me to smack people with the healing staff rather than just using it to heal them. - Going into dramatic detail about my character performing surgery on skeletons in an attempt to recreate necromancy (it almost worked I swear) - In general, allowing my character to perform well as the Dr. Himbo of the group. We get along outside of MOTW and 5e as well, have been friends for a while and I've loved coming up with characters for his game. He's also been really helpful in setting me up when I hadn't played in a while. TL;DR: Funi DM who do funi thing
Bejesh
He's fun, entertaining, and genuinely good guy. He's pretty experienced and knows how to handle a party. He's also pretty open to trying new ideas as well. Personally I'd rate him as 4 Nat 20s out of 5.
MasterMinerLife
Jake ran (and continues to run) my first long running campain and really helped me understand the game better. He is really chill and allows players to be creative in their solutions...(flashbacks to a warforged paladin using a dwarf barbarian as a launch board)
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