John Smith, a totally normal human male and NOT a rock gnome artificer with a steel defender reflavored as a “meat suit” that he piloted like a mech. John was a gnome raised by humans in an all human colony with some body image issues. Over time he grew to embrace his true self and “shed” the suit.

I started with D&D 3.5e, my current favorite is probably pathfinder 2e.

Hopefully you get the chance to play in person again soon. I’ve gone the roll20/VTT route and it definitely wasn’t for me.

In my experience, players are generally grateful for the amount of effort it takes to GM. I’ve run sessions that I’ve personally felt were terrible and my players still enjoyed the game.