Triston

Triston

he/him

Timezone

America/los Angeles

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Disabled
Game Designer

Reviews I've given (3)

Sawyer avatar

Sawyer

Played 9 sessions

Sawyer is a great ST with a ton of experience in Vampire. He effortlessly knows the rules off the top of his head, and his character dialogue is extremely good. Vampire, being a heavily RP based game, is made that much better by someone who can handle a wide variety of character personalities and actually put words in those characters mouths to make believable dialogues. Sawyer is excellent at that, and with the fluidity he provides it makes for incredibly eventful sessions that I believe are certainly worth my money.

Jack S avatar

Jack S

Played 45 sessions

Jack is a great DM, he puts an enormous amount of effort into his NPC's and his session prep. Seriously every single session is a blast, and full of purpose. You will never feel like you're just waiting to move on, every moment is fun, and entertaining. I would highly, highly recommend you consider scheduling yourself with Jack.

Deryn avatar

Deryn

Played 2 sessions

My experience with Gabrielle as a DM has not been a great one. To start off with, there is a distinct lack of rule awareness at the table. I at least expect the DM to know the core mechanics and rules of the game, which Gabrielle does not for VTM. There were many, many moments of pause between the two sessions I attended in which she was checking on a ruling from the book. This is fine if it happens occasionally but when it's happening once every 20 minutes, if not more often, I start to question why I am paying for this experience. There also seems to be some struggling with NPC dialogue. I don't expect perfection obviously, or anything close to it, but when you spend an hour talking to the same NPC that obviously has no dialogue prepared for them, once again, I start to question why I am paying for this experience. Let me give you a direct example from the 1st session I attended. We were speaking to another party member's sire, or for those unfamiliar with VTM, the vampire that turned the player into a vampire. Realistically in VTM a sire should be someone of at least minor importance in order to gain permission from the Camarilla, a faction, to raise a childe. The sire we spoke to was a completely unprepared mess, who kept apologizing. And to be completely honest, it felt more like an in character way for the DM to apologize for being unprepared. We spent 45 minutes talking to this character. It was excruciating. Gabrielle seems to take on tables that are too large for her. 3 times over the last 2 session my turn was either skipped, or I was completely butted aside by another player saying/doing something. As a DM myself it is imperative to ensure none of your players are ignored. That being said, it gets even worse. During the second session I attended, Gabrielle yelled at me in response to me asking to do something after something major just happened. Full on raised voice. I was pretty silent for the rest of the session after that. I felt very ostracized and unwanted at the table. This was made even worse by the fact that other players at the table were given special freebies in a way. Penalties or weaknesses being ignored, allowing them to bend the rules of their abilities, or acquire abilities that they shouldn't have access to within the RAW, etc.. That grace was obviously not extended to me, being the person who got yelled at and skipped over. Overall, I would say that Gabrielle is a highly inexperienced DM who charges too much money for her sessions. I cannot speak for her experience with running D&D, but you should consider spending your money elsewhere if you are looking for a VTM chronicle to join. I would feel ashamed to be charging $15 a session giving the performance that I paid for.