The Monsters Know What They're Doing The Monsters Know What They're Doing
Book 1 - The Monsters Know What They’re Doing

The Monsters Know What They're Doing

Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters

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Publisher Description

From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters.

In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away.

In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat.

Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2019
October 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
560
Pages
PUBLISHER
Gallery Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
45.6
MB

Customer Reviews

TGizzLE ,

Fun and Super Useful

Keith’s books are an instant buy. These entries are fun to read on their own, and super useful for gameplay. I love having the digital version—it’s always here when I need it!

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