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Shadow

Shadow (he/him)

5.0

(21)

1 year on StartPlaying

54 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Teacher

Average response time: 24+ hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

Creativity and fun are at the heart of our game, designed to keep both players and myself engaged through inventive strategies. As the game master, I strive to strike a balance between role-play, player interaction, and combat, tailoring it according to the scenario. While I aim for the success of the group, I also want to ensure that you relish the challenge. If there's a seemingly impossible feat you want to achieve in the game, don't hesitate to tell me. Let's work together to make it possible.

GM Style

Engage in role-play, develop your character, and fully immerse yourself in elaborately constructed scenes. To enhance your experience, I will introduce new characters or situations as needed. With extensive knowledge of the Dungeons and Dragons universe, from Krynn to Baldur's Gate, and from the Heroes of the Lance to Drizzt, I'm here to facilitate an enjoyable gaming experience. My goal is to ensure that you have fun and make the most of your time in this world.

Game Master Reviews (21)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Storytelling

Teacher

DM_Alex | Zoological Gardens avatar

DM_Alex | Zoological Gardens

Very responsive, creative, helpful, patient, fun, and well-organized DM! I loved being in their Dragonlance campaign and wish I could have stuck around even longer, but life got in the way. Fortunately Shadow said the door is always open to come back, and I hope to take them up on that one day! Their Discord is also super fun and welcoming, very well organized, and they even let me stick around to watch the game in spectator mode in case I am able to come back. Thanks Shadow!!

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Sooch

Played 9 sessions

Shadow is an excellent GM with rich, detailed worlds full of vibrant and unique NPCs. I've been in two of his pbp campaigns and he really goes the extra mile to tailor things for each character and their backstory. Can't recommend him enough! He's mastered the rules well enough to bend them and let players add their own flavor in exciting ways when it fits the situation. Always a pleasure and a great experience.

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cherrie

Shadow was a great GM he was very helpful in walking me through how to play D&D through Discord. I had never played a text only game and it was a little confusing at first but I was able to figure it our thanks to Shadow. If you haven't played text only before I highly recommend Shadows games they are very fun and everyone is very helpful on his server.

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Geezo

Super chill DM! Was shortly in a PbP ran by shadow and he did well to keep up the pace without making anyone feel left out or rushed.

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Katzenklavier

Played 9 sessions

Shadow is an excellent DM. I'm in his Curse of Strahd PbP, and couldn't be happier with how he facilitates the group. He's very chill and laid-back, giving us a lot of leeway to be creative and have fun, while also challenging us with combat and consequences for in-character decisions. I really appreciate how patient and helpful he's been with my questions. Highly recommend!

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Z

Played 18 sessions

Shadow is a very talented DM, an excellent story teller who knows the rules but whose laid back enough to bend things to suit the theme, game and the characters/players he's working with. He's good at splitting attention between his players so we all get attention. His descriptiveness in his posts is off the charts, the horror descriptions especially stand out to me. He's also very committed to being responsive and even with a whole server full of games he stays on top of us. As someone who loves the slightly more freeform Play by Post written format and an inclusive environment, I have to give him and his community a shout out. The only thing I would change is maybe, offering pathfinder 2e or other systems in some games but thats more a personal wish than anything serious.

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