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Colin Turzai

Colin Turzai (he/him)

5.0

(9)

Published Writer
Teacher/Educator

1 year on StartPlaying

62 games hosted

Highly rated for: Storytelling, World Builder, Creativity

About me

Hail and well met, players! I've been playing and running games for fifteen years, and wanted an opportunity to expand my player base and tell my stories while giving players the chance to explore themselves, the narrative and their characters! I try to offer every player the chance to play what they want, going out of my way to find and craft custom races, classes, and subclasses, items, feats, (etc) for players who have a specific vision in mind. Never hesitate to reach out with a campaign idea not listed, I love to craft purpose built campaigns! Combat ⭐⭐⭐ Social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Humor ⭐⭐⭐ Exploration ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Romance ⭐⭐⭐

GM Style

The style of game I tend to run is often very narrative and character-driven. With a focus on deep lore and worldbuilding / narrative oriented discovery. I love telling a story and world that one can get lost in and really reflect and dig deep on what happened for a long time after the game ends! My stories also involve emotional bonds with NPC's and fellow players alike, with relatable stories and realistic (though sometimes a little Shakespearian) dialogue. While often the focus is an epic-scale adventure going on in almost all my stories, you can rest assured that the little things can still have a focus in the narrative. But, rest assured anything and everything you do WILL matter (whether you know it at first or not). I have a very wide level of experience across MANY of the worlds best rpgs and I look forward to helping you experience a gripping and tantalizing tale in any or all of them.

Game Master Reviews (9)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Storytelling

World Builder

Creativity

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Guts

Played 8 sessions

I really love the game the dm really worked with me and was always cool with adding things to the game like rituals. I truly enjoyed my time playing 100%

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Kara

Played 8 sessions

Colin is honestly a great GM! Highly recommend you check him out when you get the chance. I'm in 3 of his games he's that good haha

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Crow

He rarely says no when a player wants to try some odd class or homebrew shenanigans, and if he does, its usually a "lets find a middle ground" rather than flat "no". Also he traumatized me with "Married Life" of all frikkin' things.

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Braulio Adorno-Colon

Played 7 sessions

Players get to experience real evolution, player choice makes significant story repercussions.

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Bryan Scharf

Colin creates vast and interesting worlds and goes the extra mile to weave character backstories into them in ways that subvert expectations and take you by surprise. One of my favorite ways he's done this is taken a running gag in our game where my Tremere Vampire kept getting promoted against his will, and the table found it hilarious. The in-game reason recently revealed itself as a major plot point, taking us all by surprise! Not only did he lean into our joke, but made it canon.

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Rhakjakni

This man has hand crafted a thoroughly unique world with years of work and dedication. His mastery of story craft is evident in both his macro-plot story beats and his minuscule npc interactions. I would highly recommend him as a DM

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