Avi

Was a good one shot. It unfortunately went on for a little too long (6+ hrs) which was not as advertised. Ultimately though it was a lot of challenging encounters that really tested each player's abilities to the fullest even at level 20. Lee is a good DM!

I had a tough time playing in Carson's one shot. From the get go the DM seemed very disorganized as he seemed unfamiliar with our character sheets until an hour before the game because he started asking us to make last minute changes at that point. Next came his game rulings which at times I considered to be bad faith rulings. He made my lvl 17 character take fall damage and fall prone after casting the "jump" spell and falling within the range of the spell - no dex save or anything. Another sore point is that he mused about taking away the ability to use the "topple" mastery on his monsters. These are mechanics that are part of the standard dnd ruleset that he seemed to just be changing on the fly. At times he would forget his characters buffs and then have to take time to go back and correct them mid game- undoing some damage that had already been done to them. I left feeling that he did not have a great understanding of the game or he just preferred his own homebrew version of dnd

Just had an absolute blast playing a lvl 20 one shot with Robin. She knows the rules well and creates an amazing atmosphere with high stakes for such an adventure. A lot of 3rd party content was also allowed and that is always a plus in my books. I cannot recommend her enough. This DM creates an amazing atmosphere for play and understands how to engage players. Her rulings are also very fair. 5/5 stars from me.

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.