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togashi_joe

togashi_joe (he/him)

5.0

(20)

DMs Guild Writer
Published Writer
Game Designer

1 year on StartPlaying

76 games hosted

Highly rated for: Knows the Rules, Storytelling, Creativity

About me

Hi there! My name is Joe and I live on the east coast near New York City in the US. Mainly experienced in D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, and Legend of the Five Rings 4e, I'm an RPG veteran of 33 years and I have thousands of hours of experience, mostly DMing. Despite my experience, I'm only 45-years-young. My favorite thing about playing RPGs is role-playing, problem solving, combat, and planning. I often throw humor into my roleplaying and horror into my GMing. ​ I love fantasy and science fiction books, movies, and TV. I play video games, mainly RPGs, and I'm 11-years married with a young son who loves gaming as much as I do. I just had a daughter too! Drop me a line and say hello. Good gaming!

GM Style

I try to do it all! I'm LGBTQ+ friendly and I run a fair game that focuses on players and fun first and foremost. I know the rules, I can do voices, I can improvise and ad lib, I know my way around technology and VTTs, I write my own adventures, or I can run or adapt Adventures or Adventure Paths as well! I have a wealth of experience across the two most popular TTRPGs in the world: D&D 5e and Pathfinder 2e.

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Game Master Reviews (20)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Knows the Rules

Storytelling

Creativity

Last Friday Knight avatar

Last Friday Knight

Played 13 sessions

Joe is great and very flexible. It’s been a pleasure playing with him so far and look forward to the other three quarters of our campaign!

John avatar

John

Played 37 sessions

PBD is a difficult medium to immerse your players in, yet togashi_joe manages it, forming a world we inhabit daily. complete with player investment in the community he has built and real tension and fear in almost every combat. I will certainly be joining another game once this one is finished with him!

Stephen avatar

Stephen

Played 15 sessions

Joe is the best!!! Incredibly thorough knowledge of game mechanics, diverse character voices, fun "Rule of Cool" stylings, immersive music prepared, and he even writes intros and recaps for each week that every player in my campaign really loves! I think it's really important to trust your DM, especially for a long-form campaign: and Joe is a DM I really trust. I especially like his creative description of attacks/combat. He elevates the whole experience from pure dice-rolling to an adventure that's very immersive.

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Jollibee Joestar

Played 17 sessions

Joe is a great DM! This is my first campaign in StartPlaying, and I had a lot of fun playing with him. He knows a lot about the game and he is very experienced. When you play with him, it shows. He is also great at doing voices! But one thing that I like about him is that he is very organized. He facilitates us in a way that makes it easy to settle into the game and enjoy it! He also writes these cool summaries of our sessions! These are like our mini-diary entries of what we did! Overall, I would recommend Joe as a DM, especially for beginners like me!

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Archaic

Played 17 sessions

Joe is a fantastic GM, he confidently balances player agency with engaging storytelling and maintains good pacing. He has awesome character voices in his toolkit and and creates an immersive experience for players.

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Mourph

I have played many sessions with Joe over the last 5 years in the Greyhawk Reborn westmarche style campaign. He is a great GM, with a solid understanding of the rules, and a strong ability to think on his feet. Excellent qualities as a GM. I hope to play at a table with him again soon.

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