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dm.in.training

dm.in.training

The Goal, tell a good story

About

10 Years Experience

Hi, my name is Andrew (DM.in.training), don't let the name fool you! As I have been viciously mocked for one of my reviews being me. I want to clarify, I used one of my in-person friends not affiliated with startplaying in any way to write a review and they did so on my account, apologies but want to be transparent. I am all about the experience we gain together as players and DM's. I play D&D 5E rules mostly and the training component has to do with other gaming systems. Been a player for 15 years, DMing off and on over those years. I am all about collaborative story telling that is D&D. I am a firm believer in Session 0's, I lean 50/50 RP & COMBAT (You the players will always be the thermostat for where we are at with it.) I use ABOVEVTT and DnDbeyond, I love to tell good stories and collaborate whenever possible. I honor inspirations and creativity when appropriate as well Embracing the Rule of Cool. I do voices and characters for my NPCs and I enjoy a more inclined experience to RolePlaying over combat but am prepared for encounter preferred players. I utilize a discord server for digital play that you will be able to have your own private player chat but also how we will video chat for each session. Thanks for checking me out!

Style

#beginner friendlyBalanced RP & EncountersRoleplayer

Preferred Systems

  • D&D 5e

Tools

  • Audio/Video: discord
  • Tabletop: AboveVTT
  • Tabletop: Archivist AI
  • Tabletop: FoundryVTT

Player Testimonials

13 total

He awards the creativity of the players.

Jake

Great DM highly recommend!

Buck

This DM is quite cool with all play level experiences, and leans more towards the shared experience of the table. He’s permissive when it comes to flavour and making something your own, just as much as hes able to give you accurate stats on the fly when asking more technical based questions. He might consider himself ‘in training’ but as an experienced player, I have no worries that he’ll indeed be group Forever DM ™️.

Jessica

Very fun DM, with great voices and an appreciation for player creativity and innovation. His name might indicate "in training", but the session was perfectly professional and nicely put together with pretty much no downtime.

Kate

This GM is very passionate about his storytelling. He puts so much effort into making his stories entertaining. He is able to bring the story to life with his voices and accents for the npc’s!

abby Stephen

Solid guy! Love getting to play with Andrew and he is SO creative in making campaigns. You defiantly don't get the same thing all the time like you can from other DMs.

Nathan

I played a one-shot with Andrew (Dm.in.training) about 3 months ago. We have been friends for two years and he DM’d a one shot for us. I haven’t played before this moment but I was very impressed and didn’t know that this was a passion of Andrew’s. His enthusiasm for the game really made me enjoy the game and made me curious to play more on my own time. I would highly recommend my friend as your future DM his safety tools are excellent and his concern for the safety and comfortability of females

Konip

I WANT TO START BY SCREAMING, I DON'T PLAY TTRPG'S. While I am a little biased because I am this DM's wife, but he let me play and taught me how to play as well. I appreciate this guy and he is totally worth your time if you participate in one of his D&D session, campaigns whatever!

My Wife

He came prepared for our one-shot and all of his things were homebrewed and a world he created. We finished in 3 hours for the one-shot which was reasonable since the hard cut off was 2 hours, Andrew was very nice and generous because he allowed us to choose how to conclude our time and was willing to give us information about where we stood int he one-shot if we wanted to run later.

Jules

Andrew really knows how to engage the players, he is kind and generous DM. He awards the creativity of the players. His rule of cool is very much appreciative, he is very collaborative with the players.

Jaxs

I have often been a part of RP heavy campaigns that say they will only run a 2 hour session and then 4 hours later we aren't done without any real indication when we would be done. Andrew took the time to give us the options in front of us and was perfectly prepared to offer us continued session at a discounted cost. Very much appreciated.

Steves

He came to session 0 and provided us with a great questionnaire and other elements that really helped some of our beginning players get up to speed quickly. Highly recommend him for your next session! Worth it!

Jordin

I would highly recommend my friend as your future DM his safety tools are excellent and his concern for the safety and comfortability of female players was very evident to me. Even being friends for 2 years. His story was engaging and we all left wanting more but just haven’t been able to fit into our schedules. He is worth the investment.

Epon