Me:

Playing RPG’s since age 12… been a DM/GM for about 38 years now.  I’ve played every permutation of D&D, and also worked in a game store in the San Francisco, Bay Area (GAMESCAPE) for a couple of years.   There I thoroughly gave in to my addiction and played as many different RPGs, boardgames and card games that I could get my hands on.  Professionally,  I work in the Hollywood film “industry”, and have my own indie production company as well as being an award winning writer… which (shameless plug) I have my own 5e compatible campaign setting: Noctis I’m writing which will be produced by Double Critical LLC and Deerwood Press.

The Fun Stuff:

About running a game… hopefully your game.  I’ve found that if the players and GM work together rather than in opposition (ie: killer GMs) then the world almost expands on its own.  The dice, your parties decisions and the rules will form the destiny of your characters.  Which is exciting for the GM (me) as it is for players (you), seeing how fate bends and weaves our story as your characters grow and flex their power in the world.

I’m also a trained voice actor (SAG/AFTRA member), with a leaning toward role-play or as my friends call it Zen-DMing.  While I thoroughly plan a module/campaign, but will follow the lead player’s give me as world building comes very easily for me (humble brag).  I have a healthy liking for min-maxers and try to make combats tactically challenging and fun.  I enjoy watching the party succeed, but I give to the Dice-Gods, what the Dice-Gods claim and if I get hot on rolls I will wincingly watch the party die or flee.

I enjoy insinuating political intrigue and social issues for the characters to overcome as well as monsters (especially for high-level play).  I lean toward “low-magic” campaigns, and like when player’s try to create their own items or opportunities to obtain/negotiate for magic items (as this makes magic more important).

My Discord handle: hollywood_dm

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