Izlek

Ryan has been the best DM I have ever had. I've done several long term campaigns with him and each and every one has had me blown away with just the immensity of his worldbuilding. Every campaign I've done with him has extremely memorable adventures that get you incredibly invested, especially since every choice you make matters, and he leaves the choice completely up to the players. In game time matters. Traveling to one town can mean missing something else that happens in another town, giving weight to the choices you make. And basically all choices and events have lasting consequences for good or bad and changes everything that follows. Every story feels like it truly belongs to you instead of a scripted story. I haven't had a session with any other DM that made me feel that a fraction as much. My friends and I once spent almost every free moment between two sessions discussing and debating what the heck we were going to do to make sure a favorite NPC would live after an intense cliffhanger. Don't expect black and white characters of good and evil with this DM unless it’s a short campaign or a one-shot. When he has time to build the story, all the NPC's and governments feel like real people and real societies. As such, nothing is the obvious choice. We've had to handle questions of morality, what deserves forgiveness, corruption for noble causes but questionable means. I love the complexity and the challenge of deciding what choice I would make, what choice my character would take. Mechanically, he mostly works with slightly modified mechanics from the standard, but they have all been very easy to work with and streamline the playing best for each world. In my experience, each one has made playing much more enjoyable and clear so players don’t need to be flipping through pages of notes in the middle of a fight. He also always works with players if they come up with an idea or action he doesn’t expect. As long as an action is reasonable or theoretically possible within the context of the game, it is on the table. Without exaggeration or exception, he is the best DM I have ever had.