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Ryan

Ryan (he/him)

5.0

(9)

Published Writer
Game Designer

Less than a year on StartPlaying

40 games hosted

Highly rated for: Creativity, Knows the Rules, Rule of Cool

About me

Hello! My name is Ryan, but you can call me Twig. I will be your dedicated Game Master for hire, and I am honored to act as a facilitator for the stories that you want to tell. Ever since I was young, I have loved getting lost in the realms of fantasy and science fiction. From the epic tales of Drizzt Do'Urden in the Forgotten Realms, to the gritty post human questions of Blade Runner, you find a wide range of topics and settings to explore with me as your Game Master. With a college degree that specialized in game design, I delight in going outside the bounds of the various systems I have run to give you distinctive mechanics, items, and powers for your characters. Whether you are an experienced player or dipping your toes into the hobby, your unique ideas will be brought to life. As a writer, I pride myself on crafting open ended scenarios that give you the freedom to explore the world as you see fit. My focus as a GM is to emphasize player interaction and and the consequences. Your actions matter and will affect the narrative in unforeseen ways. That collective chaos is what makes these games special. So, join me in this collaborative effort to conjure into being worlds of our design.

GM Style

I enjoy teaching new players how to play, and I have run many sessions I personally designed to act as a tutorial for learning new systems. Choice matters. I run games with a focus on creating organic and spontaneous scenarios with the players. You can expect a heavy emphasis on Roleplay because of the open ended nature of my games. Variety is a specialty of mine. I love learning and playing new systems and borrowing ideas from other games. Whatever game or style you want to play, I will make sure that your needs are met. Lastly, teamwork is very important, and it applies to everyone at the table, including me. No matter the role, we are all working together.

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Game Master Reviews (9)

Proficiencies

Players say this GM is great at:

Creativity

Knows the Rules

Rule of Cool

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SnakeEyedBlaze

Played 25 sessions

Great GM, he did world immersion, pre planning, NPCs with there own personalities, voices, helping with character building, random events to bring the world alive, and one hell of a check on the reality that life in night city is hard..

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Daniel

Played 12 sessions

Played Twilight 2k, and it was a perfect blend of relaxed attitude around "the table" and edge-of-your seat tension in the game. Solid scene setting and character interactions.

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James Rivera

Ryan is awesome! Very creative and can handle a little spontaneous improve from the players. He knows how to coach new players into their first game with ease, even if you didn’t read the Rules like we did. BUT READ THE RULES Ryan Shows great patience when you’re trying to find your bearings and will drop little hints as when you’re stuck. His world has been well detailed without becoming overwhelming, leaving your imagination to fill the blanks. Ryan is excellent and such a joy to be around in and outside his Dungeon

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Yijural

Ryan has years of experience in multitudes of game systems such as 5E, Cyberpunk, Pathfinder, and many others. He’s extremely detail oriented and also knows how to implement the “rule of cool” of better game flow.

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hunter wright

Ryan made it super fun, let us really get creative with our backstories and use our abilities flexibly. Did voices for all NPCs as well.

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Chadirrast

I’ve known Ryan for quite awhile and we’ve played in multiple campaigns together. He has GM’d a couple campaigns for me and ran multiple one shots. My most memorable campaign was Storm Kings Thunder where we traveled across the sword coast searching for clues. (No Spoilers!) I think he did a great job adapting to our party’s antics and tomfoolery while still keeping a sense of realism and consequences if we strayed too far. It’s always a pleasure to hear when he has a oneshot to run or has an idea for a new campaign or TTRPG system he wants to try out. He has extensive experience with D&D5e and PF2e and a few others.

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