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Steve K

Steve K (he/him)

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1 year on StartPlaying

13 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Rule of Cool

Average response time: 5 hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

As a professional author with over 15 years of experience, I know a thing or two about putting together a fun world to explore and play in, no matter the game. I do tend to prefer DnD, but any game with the potential for imaginative hijinks is going to end up on my bookshelf. I've run a number of campaigns, several of my own design and a couple of pre-written ones as well, and in each one the most fun I have is dealing with those moments when players go off-script. If you're looking for fresh, exciting games tailored to your party -- hit me up. I'll help you build it from the ground up if you like, along with a bit of an authorial flourish to bring it to life for you and your group. By the end of the campaign, you'll have a world you've made a real impact in, regardless of whether you took the expected path or not.

GM Style

I come down on the roleplay side of the RP/Combat dynamic, preferring to give people options that aren't just cracking skulls and slinging fireballs. That said, if that's the path you want to take, I've got no issue with that at all! Just know that I'll give you the freedom to make your own approaches, whatever they may be. I'm not a killer DM either. Your characters can die, but a lost fight won't mean instant death if it isn't narratively justified. You get rolled by some low-level hoods in a dark alley for the gold in your pockets? You're more likely to wake up face-down in a pile of garbage than on a slab in a morgue. Call a dark and unknowable god something unkind, maybe you won't be quite so lucky. My main goal is to foster player choice and agency. Every campaign has a critical path, but if you want to spend ten sessions wandering off into the wilderness and making your own fun, then it's my job to make sure that is, you know, actually fun :) At the start of a campaign we'll have a chat about any limits on the story, anything you don't want included for whatever reason, and there will always be the X card in play should anything arise that you aren't comfortable with -- no judgement, no questions asked, you hit that and I'll drop it and move on to something you can enjoy instead :)

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