Eriel

Erik has DMed for our group since fall 2020, and he's been the best DM I've had so far! We started at level 1 with Ghosts of Saltmarsh and carried our characters into Spelljammer to close out on level 20. No other DM I've known has tried to run level 20 campaigns because the encounters can become so tricky to run that can balance challenge with creativity. He's inclusive to players of all identities and play-styles. I play an artillerist artificer, but up until level 15, I ran my character, Lochlan, as an exceedingly low-damage build that has to solve problems through other means. Erik has accommodated this in-battle, such as letting me crawl through boss-fight arenas disabling battle mechanics while my party members fight on the frontlines. He's also worked with me to flesh out NPC personalities and their connections with my character for an immersive storytelling experience. Though I apologize since Erik did have about 40 NPCs to constantly track who were involved with us personally. Erik's been a joy to plan and play with for the last five years, and I can't recommend him enough. P.S. I've sometimes faced a few difficulties finding cohesive parties, and I'm typically the only girl in a party. Maybe we got lucky with our group, maybe it's the manner in which Erik runs his campaigns, regardless, I've always had a lovely time in our shared story.