Grim "The Lucky Bastion"

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America/kentucky/louisville

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English

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About Grim "The Lucky Bastion"

🎲 ABOUT YOUR DM — ICEKING (a.k.a. GRIM) Rule #1: RULE OF COOL If it’s awesome, cinematic, clever, or hilarious—it belongs at my table. Playing games and learning to play games should always be fun, never stressful. 🌟 Who I Am I’m a storyteller, a hype man, a joke machine, and a DM who believes D&D is at its best when players are: ✨ Laughing ✨ Being creative ✨ Making ridiculous plays ✨ And feeling like absolute heroes If you watch DnD Shorts, I’m the “Nick-Cage / Cool Cousin” style DM—full of chaotic energy, wild encouragement, and a love for the memorable moments that come from letting players try cool things. ⚔️ What I Love in Games • Silly, goofy, lighthearted adventures • Big battles with real tactics • Rule-of-Cool combos • Magic everywhere • Roleplay during combat • Players who experiment, explore, and try things no sane PC ever would • Building heroes and epic stories together My table vibe is equal parts: Laugh-until-you-cry, Strategize-and-smash, and Let’s-make-a-memory. 🛡️ My Goal as Your DM To make sure: • Everyone is included • Everyone is laughing • Everyone feels empowered • Everyone gets spotlight moments • Everyone leaves the session saying “I can’t wait for the next one!” I help players build their characters, find their story, and shine in ways they’ve never gotten to before. 🏰 Join the Community I run a welcoming, supportive Discord community of players and DMs called The Lucky Bastion RP. It’s the best way to meet me, vibe with the group, and see if I’m the right GM for you. 🔗 https://discord.gg/VuwBCscqdp 💬 The Best Way to Reach Me Message me on Discord! I personally greet every new member. I am ICEKING (sometimes GRIM), and I’m always happy to talk games, characters, or run quick intros. 🌙 Come roll dice, be silly, be epic, and have a blast. If you want a DM who cheers your wildest ideas, rewards creativity, and builds a heroic story with you— Welcome to the Lucky Bastion.

At a glance

3 years on StartPlaying

412 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Rule of Cool, Teacher

Average response time: Under 1 hour

Response rate: 100%

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I became a GM because

“I became a DM after too many games where the answer was always ‘no.’ Now I run the kind of chaotic, flexible, rule-of-cool adventures I always wanted—where creativity beats restrictions every time. If you want a DM who chooses fun over limits, welcome home!”

I got started GMing...

I began GMing by teaching my siblings and cousins the game through imaginative homebrew campaigns. They loved the creativity but not the rigid rule sets, so I dove into West March systems and local game stores to master the rules. That mix of structure and chaos is now the foundation of my GM style

The three words my players would use to describe me are...

My players describe me as goofy, cool, and fun—a DM who keeps the vibes high, the laughs loud, and every adventure memorable. I bring energy, creativity, and rule-of-cool chaos to the table so players can shine, have fun, and enjoy a wild, unforgettable game!

How Grim "The Lucky Bastion" runs games

🎲 My GM Style Goofy • Silly • Over-the-Top Fun • Supportive • New Player Friendly I run loud, chaotic, joyful games full of jokes, wild hijinks, and over-the-top rule-of-cool moments. If you want a table that cheers your ridiculous ideas, rewards creativity, and welcomes both brand-new players and veterans—you’ve found your GM. My games are built on a welcoming, supportive community where everyone helps each other learn, grow, and have an absolute blast. ⚙️ Homebrew the Right Way We study Rules as Written (RAW) and Rules as Intended (RAI) together as a community. Why? Because you gotta know the rules before you can bend them. We collaborate to create balanced 5e homebrew—feats, spells, magic items, and class tweaks that let players build the exact kind of hero they imagine while keeping the table fair, fun, and epic. 🌟 What You Can Expect From Me As a GM ❇️ A “Try Anything” Table I encourage players to: • Explore the world • Try wild builds and combos • Play the character they truly want • Take risks, go dramatic, go chaotic—have fun I match the table’s energy, hype players up, and follow the chaos wherever it leads. 🎭 High-Energy Roleplay I love roleplaying and especially love when players act out their characters. Creative RP is rewarded generously—voices, emotions, monologues, jokes, whatever you bring. My improv skills guarantee you’ll either: • Roll on the floor laughing, or • Roll your eyes so hard you level up (…sometimes both.) ⚔️ Combat-Focused, Tactical, and Cinematic I enjoy strategy-heavy combat and lots of it. Expect: • Hack-and-slash action • Clever tactical choices • Cinematic finishing moves • Over-the-top combos Most sessions are either on a mission, finishing a mission, or already heading to the next one. 🛑 Downtime & Roleplay Moments Want downtime or town RP? Just ask! We’ll slot it in after the current dungeon or mission. Most RP naturally happens: • Between party members • During combat • While traveling • With important NPCs Long rests also allow for downtime crafting and camp scenes. 🧰 Together, We Build Heroes I work with players to create: • Custom feats • Balanced magic items • Thematic class tweaks My goal is to help you build the hero you imagine without breaking the fun for anyone else. 💙 Table Philosophy I treat everyone at my table as a friend. I’m always learning, improving, and collaborating. If you bring good vibes, you’ll fit right in. If you love slaying monsters while laughing with your party, you’ll thrive. 🌍 Modules, Sandboxes, and Everything In Between I run official modules—but I prefer combining them into a massive sandbox where anything can happen. 🌌 Shatterfold Lore Summary (Player-Safe) The Shatterfold is a chaotic demi-plane created when Vecna’s ritual, Halaster’s experiments, a psionic obelisk surge, and multiple collapsing worlds collided. Pieces of the Feywild, Barovia, Undermountain, the Icespire Frontier, and Phandelver Below now overlap in a fractured reality held together by The Lucky Bastion—an interplanar guild-fortress that pops in and out of existence across worlds. Heroes travel between shards to stop: • Vecna’s rewriting of reality • The Hourglass Coven • Nazier the Black Spider and his psionic goblins • Dragon cults and their green/white dragon allies Your missions stabilize the realm, save allies, and prevent the Shatterfold from tearing itself apart. All optional rules are available. If a rule makes the game more fun—we use it. If you want a game that’s high-energy, high-chaos, high-friendship, and full of heart— Welcome to the Lucky Bastion.

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I deal with rules issues by...

I handle rules through open, at-the-table discussion. I help players learn by keeping everyone accountable to RAW and RAI—and then we decide together how we want the rules to work. Most of the time, we land on rule-of-cool solutions that keep the game fun and flowing!

My favorite trope is...

“My favorite tropes are Found Family and the classic ‘meet in a tavern.’ The Lucky Bastion is built on that vibe—random misfits stepping into a chaotic tavern that becomes home, bonding into a team, and diving into unforgettable adventures across the Shatterfold.”

My games focus on...

“My tables blend exciting combat with rich role-play to create memorable adventures. I give players real agency through rule-of-cool rulings, encourage teamwork, and help build genuine relationships—both within the party and with the NPCs who bring the world to life.”

Grim "The Lucky Bastion"'s ideal table

🌟 My Ideal Table My perfect table is a group of friends—new or old—who love to goof off, crack jokes, and dive headfirst into fantasy chaos together. We’re here to laugh, to escape, and to become the heroes of our own ridiculous, dramatic, unforgettable story. This is the kind of table where everyone shows up with: • Snacks in hand • Drinks within reach • A willingness to get silly • And a readiness to throw down with some monsters We mix lighthearted chaos with just the right amount of intense character drama, where the moments between the jokes can hit just as hard as the nat 20s. I want a table where: ✨ Everyone shines ✨ Everyone gets their epic action moments ✨ Everyone feels like part of the story ✨ And everyone feels safe exploring wild ideas We explore the world together like a giant sandbox—digging up trouble, chasing plot hooks, poking things we probably shouldn’t, and seeing what kind of beautiful disaster we can create. My ideal table is a place where friendships grow, laughter flows, and adventure lives. If you want a table full of shenanigans, teamwork, big emotions, and bigger explosions— you’ll fit right in.

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I am for a vibe that's...

I aim for a vibe that feels like getting together with your friends to fight fantasy monsters—laughing, bonding, and diving into wild adventures as a team. It’s all about fun, energy, and that classic ‘let’s do something epic together’ feeling every session.

I love it when a player

I love when players get creative. I’m all about ‘yes-and’ energy—or ‘I like that, but what if…?’ If an idea is too wild, I’ll shape it with a playful ‘no, but…’ I encourage bold creativity and let players help shape the world. It’s OUR game, and we build it together.

My table is not the place for...

My table isn’t for people who take their games too seriously. If you’re not into being goofy, laughing with friends, and embracing the chaos, this probably isn’t your vibe. We do have serious moments—but they’re the spice, not the main course.