Steve (Solaire Of Astora) (he/him)
5.0
(117)
4 years on StartPlaying
859 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Voices
About me
Ayy my names Steve and if you're looking to play 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, then you have come to the right DM! I have been running Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition games since 2014, having clocked up thousands of hours on Roll20.net. In terms of my DM style, I take a person centred approach to my games, focusing on an individual's preferences. Due to running a majority of my games for newer players, I am well suited to adapting an adventure to meet the needs of my players. I run campaign modules on the website www.Roll20.net which is free and easy to use. Voice chat is hosted on an application called Discord. Here is a link to my server (Feel free to come and chat also if you'd like to get to find out more about me and my games before booking one!): https://discord.gg/nqCHd57naa So if you are not sure where to start, look no further! I got you covered :) If I am not running a session at a suitable time either, feel free to message me and I will try my best to accommodate you! Here's a DM Steve original if none of the above convinces you that I am the DM for you :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW_p42Je4so ( Here's an actual pitch lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMb6wZ_zhUk )
GM Style
I tend to cater my GM style to the player's needs. I very much enjoy the Roleplay aspect of Tabletop and the mechanical combat side too, however, a strength I possess in GMing is finding the player's needs and providing an adventure that is both fun and stimulating to those players in specific. The majority of my experience in GMing has been with mechanical and combat-heavy adventures. I have GM'd for players who enjoy the combat most, who prefer storytelling and character development and those who do not particularly take the game too seriously and would rather engage with funny and silly encounters! I am all about treating players as individuals and tailoring an experience to their needs. I take a person centred approach to my style and identify exactly what a player is looking to explore in-game so as to maximise their enjoyment of the tabletop experience and to make sure their needs are catered to!
Games played
Game Master Reviews (117)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Teacher
Voices
Santino
Played 76 sessions
Great session, very patient during character creation. First time playing didn’t feel like a burden when asking questions. Just joined two more of Steve’s games. Highly recommend.
Anthony
Played 73 sessions
Lots of great moments for all the players, we all had the perfect amount of spotlight. The DM drew all of the players and their strengths into the puzzles and roles they excelled at.
Evan Pagryzinski
Played 71 sessions
Steve is an awesome guy! He helped me and my friends learn the ropes of DND, and is all around a patient, creative, and friendly DM. My friends and I felt no problems with asking him all our dumb questions in the intro session, and we all liked him so much that we scheduled an ongoing campaign with him. He took the time to help all of us flesh out our characters and has kept us all excited for our weekly session. I cannot recommend him enough! YEAR IN REVIEW: Welp, I have been using Steve as a DM for my group of friends for the past year and want to leave an extended review for anyone that might be having problems deciding. Steve is honestly a top class DM and our weekly sessions are one of the highlights that I am looking forward to each week. The laughs are plentiful, the combat is intense, and I have yet to leave a single session without a smile on my face. Not only that, but I feel super comfortable being myself around him. Really what I am saying is you wont regret your decision!
Ben
Played 68 sessions
Steve is a amazing DM who manages to balance humor, serious RP, and fun combat encounters. I applaud his ability to bring humorous, yet grounded NPCs to life through his DM style. He is open to creative solutions to problems presented in the game and manages to keep us on our toes at all times. He's also very skilled with the tools he uses: which keeps the flow of the game moving along with minimal pauses. Additionally, he's managed to foster a positive group mentality: because of that, our little group chatter like old friends even on days we aren't playing. If Steve has an open slot in one of his games: you'd better jump in while you can.
Michael
Played 66 sessions
Steve puts a tremendous amount of effort to ensure each session is exciting, engaging, and very well run. From interactive maps, custom tokens, sound track, great story telling, engaging NPC's... you name it and he has already thought of it and it is ready to go. I find myself thinking about the next one-shot/campaign all week because he creates such a rich, vibrant experience every time.
Jesse
Played 60 sessions
Just had our first session and plan to have many more. Steve was great, kept the game moving and worked with the players 110%
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