Mikylah

I'd best describe Elias as a storyteller at heart - someone who goes above and beyond to create a story full of dramatic tension and plot. This, however, often comes at the cost of player agency. There's not a huge amount of choice within Elias's games, and what choice there is is often hardlined into the "correct" one. Often times big moments for characters get immediately overcast by something bigger in the plot. Elias also doesn't handle a split group very well, sometimes I have been in games where I have done near to or essentially nothing the entire session since my character had made a choice earlier on that had rendered them out of the scene for a combat lasting the entire session (or having a character death early on the session)

Jen is a very standard DM. She is creative and comes up with interesting events and character to interact with. This being said, it is mostly a string of events that are no cohesively glued together. One moment you might be escaping a band of pirates, to immediately being shoved into a marriage. These are all interesting events, but they do not carry a story nor do any of these events really reflect on your character. This DM opts for more of a "railroading" style, that is she will stick to the script regardless of player choices, often framing situations as only one plausible solution, or narrating a bit where your character is forced to do something That is to say Jen is a great DM for new players, those not wanting to be too involved in their characters, and those who are just there for a story. However, I think players who wish to be more invested in their characters and their motives will find that the sessions are lacking in story cohesion and a general feel that your character is part of the story, rather than just a figure to trigger more pre-scripted plot points.