NICK CONKLIN
Experience
Work and RPG experience
Stagehand
September 2021 - Current
Responsibilities include safely and quickly assembling theatrical audio and lighting systems while clearly communicating the restrictions and possibilities of our venues.
Neonova - Help Desk Technician
Responsibilities include helping customers troubleshoot issues with routers, modems, and computers as well as helping to set up and secure their email accounts.
February 2020 - July 2020
August 2018 - February 2020
Kickn’ My Habit Vapors - Shift Lead
Responsibilities include ensuring the customers have a satisfactory and excellent experience while keeping a storefront clean and organized, keeping track of stock and sales trends as well as ensuring that shipment orders are accurate, and keeping track of money to make sure the business runs smoothly
Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master
Held weekly sessions for over 2 years in a homemade setting. Utilized both pre-made characters and locations as well as wholly homebrewed settings and enemies. I have also run several pre-made campaigns totaling about 3 additional years of playtime.
RPG designer/playtester
Collaborated with friends over the course of a few years to build and test our own d100 based system, d20 based system, and to build our own expansion for the Amber Diceless RPG system including new planes, powers, and characters.
Projects
Design History
Library Beyond Time
Creator
My two year Dungeons and Dragons campaign, centering around a Library that contains the written story of every person that has or will exist. At the end of the campaign, it was revealed that the librarian had given up his position to travel back in time to join the party, because they were his favorite story
Passim
Design and Playtesting
A new power that I created for the Amber Diceless RPG where the user could turn their body into a portal between any two locations. While possessing no inherent combat abilities, it remains one of my favorite powers for fighting.
Plains of War
World Design and Playtesting
My friend group’s d100 based system, which is set in a fantasy world . I designed the race known as the Mordare, who were created by the god of war to make sure he was not forgotten. The Mordare were the only race able to tame and ride dragons.
3000
playtesting and weapon design
My friend group’s D20 based system, which is set on Earth 1000 years in the future. I primarily focused on our weapon creation system as well as contributing to how player character stats were generated and weighted