D&D Beyond

Roll20

“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire. 

Roleplay Heavy

“Theater of the Mind” uses little to no visuals for scene settings and combat. Instead, the narrative imagery comes from the Game Master’s descriptions and character action and movement comes from Players’ descriptions. 

Theater of the Mind

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

Organized Play uses a standardized ruleset for character creation, leveling, and rewards. Every character plays by the same rules. Its strength is flexibility: bring your character to any table and jump right in. With tight rule adherence, every game feels consistent, fair, and ready for adventure.

Organized Play

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Martin

I'm an experienced in-person Dungeon Master who loves player-driven stories, creative problem-solving, memorable characters, and the occasional beautifully terrible decision.

My games lean toward **Rule of Cool**, improvisation, and giving players the freedom to try unexpected solutions rather than forcing them down a predetermined path.

I'm now bringing my tabletop DMing style online: relaxed, welcoming, and focused on making D&D feel like D&D around a table—not a video game.


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