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Steel

Steel (n/a)

5.0

(18)

Streamer
LGBTQ+
Neurodivergent
Published Writer
Teacher/Educator
Game Designer

2 years on StartPlaying

103 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, World Builder, Teacher

About me

A professional Game Master and TTRPG Game Designer since 2004, Steel loves invoking evocative mental imagery as he guides his players through stories full of exploration, socialization and intense adventure! Having a lot of experience in all three chairs of TTRPG gaming (Player, GM and Game Designer) I have a unique perspective and understanding of gaming as a whole, which gives me insight into how to best write, plan and run game for my varied players. I am also open to game requests! Feel free to hit me up so we can discuss the perfect game you want me to run for you!

GM Style

My games focus a bit more heavily on roleplaying (the R being the most neglected of the three letters in RPG), focusing more on storytelling, exploration and exploitation of available resources. Although I still regularly employ battle, my campaigns are far from the stereotypical "Spend money for good stuff, murder things to take their stuff, sell it for more money, spend that money for better stuff!" loop of gameplay, and a notebook is highly suggested during play, as an assortment of NPCs and hidden agendas can be sleuthed out to great reward for clever and attentive players! Being born and raised loving fables of all sorts, my worlds tend to be filled with creatures of all sorts, standard and homebrew alike! Leave your Human/Elf/Dwarf-dominant world expectations at home! My worlds have far more options to play with, and they are myriad to help you explore your characters both in creation and exploration to the fullest!

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Game Master Reviews (18)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Storytelling

World Builder

Teacher

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Or'Sol

Played 2 sessions

One great story teller, they have a way of setting up a scene and pulling you in almost instantly.

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Relyt Xepheres

The worldbuilding and story telling was phenomenal. Honestly before we started I had a lot of anxiety about how it would go. All of that went away within the first 5 minutes of playing. I got pulled into the world and my character more than with other GMs I've played with. No one I'd recommend more tbh!

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Frichjasksda

Played 6 sessions

After only playing at conventions, I was blown away by how much more involved an actual session is with Steel. I absolutely loved his GMing at cons, but this real game was far better than I could have ever imagined.

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Randipnariadru

The most fun Dm I’ve ever had, really sets character and world building perfectly. Also runs games so smoothly

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Kata

Played 4 sessions

Had good fun on the start of the adventure, looking forward to session 2.

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Tycloud

Amazing guy! Super friendly and knowledgable.

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