Glen

he/him

4.6

(5)

Timezone

America/chicago

Language

English

Identity

Veteran

About Glen

tl;dr If you want a game where tension simmers, choices have teeth, and your character might walk away scarred but not broken — then pull up a chair. Hello. My given name is Glen, but you may call me Thrakas. I am a tabletop role-playing and video game enjoyer, and burgeoning horror film connoisseur, and have far too many adorable cats. I have been a GM for about 25 years and have run most editions of Dungeons & Dragons and played in a wider variety of systems. When I'm not running games I'm... 📒Preparing for the next session. 📅Planning for the next game. 🎮Playing a video game (With friends, more likely than not): Deep Rock Galactic, Space Marine 2, Helldivers 2, Lords of the Fallen, Vermintide 2, and others. 🐈Spoiling my cats. I got started GMing... ✅ By necessity in a role-playing desert. My favorite books are... 📖 The Eisenhorn trilogy/omnibus.

At a glance

1 year on StartPlaying

3 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Sets the Mood, Knows the Rules

Featured Prompts

My favorite shows/movies are

The Thing The Departed Mad Max: Fury Road

People are always surprised when I tell them

that i was in the Marine Corps.

How Glen runs games

🌐I play mostly voiced based games online via Discord and either Roll20 or Foundry VTT. 🗺️I run most combats on a gridded or gridless map. 🎉I am a fan of my players and their characters. I'd rather see you get a debilitating disease, develop a grotesque mutation, or sacrifice what's most important to achieve a goal, than to have you die outright. 🎲However I do publicly roll out in the open. The dice will land where they may. 🌑Most of my fantasy games will lean towards Dark Fantasy. 🕯️I am interested in Horror in general, with a special interest in Gothic Horror. 🔔I like to run a game with all the bells and whistles if I can. (Pretty maps, tokens, art, handouts, ambience.) 󠀦﹠ I have a keen interest in running games other than D&D, but will also grudgingly agree that it is a solid system. 🚨 Weak points. If you want to play in a romantic or erotic game, I am not the GM for you. If you want to play in a fur or pony centric game, where that is dominant and the focus, I am not the GM for you. & 5e adventures/settings that I am interested in running. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Dungeons of Drakkenheim ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Curse of Strahd ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Crooked Moon ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Empire of Ghouls ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Midnight ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Rime of the Frostmaiden ⚙️Other systems that I am interested in running. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Heart: The City Beneath ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Shadowdark RPG ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Pathfinder 2e (Abomination Vaults) ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Blades in the Dark ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • Call of Cthulhu

Featured Prompts

I prep by

whatever is relevant from the 8 Lazy GM steps.

When it comes to voices

I'm not a professional voice actor, but I'm decent.

Glen's ideal table

My ideal table is safe, lively, and spooky. I am for a vibe that is... ✌️Collaborative, inclusive, respectful, curious, flexible, pumped, tense, playful, and dramatic. I love it when a player... 💡Is genuinely excited about an idea they've just had and can't wait to try it out. I think min/maxing... 🐴 Will make a one-trick pony that you will rapidly grow bored of or frustrated with. My perfect party mix is... 🥱Anything but six human fighter-soldiers. I think it is a red flag when players... 🤔Justify their actions with the phrase "But, that is what my character would do..." If an asshole player makes an asshole character, they're really not giving me much to work with. My table is not the place for... 🚫 Hoarding, stealing, PvP, harassment, micro aggression, hostility, threats, discrimination, persecution, bigotry, prejudice, bullying, hate speech, hypocrisy, alternative history, sexism, racism, ageism, ableism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and other unfortunate byproducts of humanity.

Featured Prompts

I love it when a player

Is genuinely excited about an idea they've just had and can't wait to try it out.

I think min/maxing...

will make a one-trick pony that you will rapidly grow bored of or frustrated with.

My table is not the place for...

Hoarding, stealing, PvP, harassment, micro aggression, hostility, threats, discrimination, persecution, bigotry, prejudice, bullying, hate speech, hypocrisy, alternative history, sexism, racism, ageism, ableism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and other unfortunate byproducts of humanity.