Joshk
he/him
5.0
(17)
Timezone
About Joshk
Welcome, Adventurer! My name is Josh AKA The Dark Mage, and I'm here to deliver you one hell of a game! I have been DMing virtually on a wonderful discord community for a bit over a year now. After a few months, I noticed something crazy happen. Whenever I opened a new game, I had a good chunk of the server looking to be in one of my games. I seem to have an unofficial waitlist for games opening up. After several months, people started commenting that I should be getting paid for all the work I do homebrewing my games, and consistently delivering solid sessions. So, here I am! (I may also be in need of additional income) What makes me different? Well you see, I am a goofball. But in all seriousness, I spend the majority of my sessions in character. I give each NPC a personality, and voice act them, RPing with you to drive us deeper into immersion. I strive for realism, so rules are more of guidelines when considering immersion. I make heavy use of battlemaps, animations, and music in Foundry VTT. I do my best to utilize Theatre of the mind as little as possible, giving you visual aids wherever possible. Most importantly, I have some pretty amazing custom adventures coming up later this year! (As well as an original TTRPG) I strive to deliver consistently exciting games that you will talk about for years to come!
At a glance
3 years on StartPlaying
232 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Sets the Mood
Average response time: 6 hours
Response rate: 100%
Top Game Master
One of StartPlaying's top-rated GMs, a player favorite and highly recommended.
Featured Prompts
My favorite system of all Time is
Public Access. I enjoy the freedom to let my mind go wild in building a truly horrifying story.
People are always surprised when I tell them
I prefer DMing over playing. It's very rewarding for me to deliver enjoyable games. Especially when I need to improv and fix module plot holes, or make quick changes to story or narrative to match character decisions.
How Joshk runs games
Immersion above all else. I utilize roleplay and voice acting to great effect for this. Combat should be challenging and rewarding, with a hint of realism.
Joshk's ideal table
I love deep RP. Getting into character and bringing characters and story to life. Players looking for this type of play will enjoy my table. I also like to have combat make sense story wise. Random encounters are common to keep things spicy, but the real meat and bones of my table is RP and story telling. I adhere to RAW, but will use RAW to make RoC happen. Your ideas and creativity are very welcomed. I may also bend rules to make your awesome moment happen.
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