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Just had an amazing high level one shot with Arden. He struck the right balance between having interesting encounters that were also challenging enough for level 20 characters. His rulings were very fair and he even allowed for a little role play in between the players which you don't find very easily in these types of one shots. His enemies were challenging but not broken which really resonated with me because I've played many high level one shots on SPG where the dm homebrew-overtunes enemies to the point where they are nearly impossible to hit and they pass every saving throw you toss their way- which was most certainly not the case with Arden. We all had fun playing with him and I highly recommend him to both new and veteran players. If you want to live out a dnd power fantasy, this is your guy. Oh and major bonus points for allowing 3rd party content! Our team was absolutely cracked!

Just played a very good but ultimately flawed one shot with Surok. The pros: - Dm has a great understanding of the rules AND he allows third party content. - Runs a high level campaign smoothly and without much encumberence from either his or player decision making - Generally made very fair rulings over all the encounters. - Allowed for RP at a high level which is very difficult. The con: The campaign was waay too long for a one shot. It was designed to be 7 or 8 levels of roughly 4 or 5 encounters and 2-3 puzzle type mechanics. All of the encounters had enemies with legendary resistance and high damage output. My concern is not with the difficulty level so much as the vast amount of these difficult encounters that we were expected to clear in 5 hours without significant rest mechanics in between. Ultimately we were not able to clear the final boss because we ran out of time (going on nearly 6 hrs of play) and we all had to do a dice roll to determine what happened to our characters at the end- which was unsatisfying to me. It felt a little like I paid for an experience but didn't get the full experience. This one shot could have easily been a two- shot or it should have some levels removed for the players to be able to clear the challenges within the alotted time.

Played in a high level one shot with this DM and his visuals were great along with his allowance of 3rd party content which is always good in my books. What I didn't like was:The dm greatly altered the stats of the enemies such that it forced a certain play style. The enemies all had magical/ legendary resistance and sometimes +17 to some saving throws which is WILD because the strongest monsters (CR 30) in the dnd monsters' manual only have +10 to their highest saving throw stats at most. It mostly forced us into using attack rolls rather than spells because the spells would almost always fail, making saving throw casters borderline useless. Ultimately it felt like something that was quickly put together without much consideration for the various types of playstyles that should be included in a high level dnd game. It was not terrible but I did expect more out of the game with such a well rated DM.

Just had the most phenomenal level 20 one shot with Weaver. He told an amazing story, included 3rd party content and was very rule of cool with our characters' abilities. Combat was smooth, Roleplay was excellent and the story was peak. You really don't get that combination on start playing with level 20 characters. Most DM's just throw an endless horde of monsters at you until you or the enemy drop- with no nuance or RP. Weaver gets high level dnd. I strongly recommend him.

Just played a one shot with Tim and thoroughly enjoyed myself. He handled the high level dnd 5.5e session very well and provided an open forum for players to build the character that they want to play from almost any source book available. Even with a one shot he clearly understood that dnd is players and their stories first and the campaign second. He's a flexible DM that provided a fun, thematic and compelling game. I'll definitely be back if he has more high level dnd sessions.