The Monsters Know What They're Doing - Keith Ammann (Hardcover)
Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781982122669
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 29 Oct 2019
- Supply Source
- USA
Book
- Author
- Keith Ammann
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152mm
Annotation
"From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What
They're Doing comes a tactics guide for Dungeon Masters. In the
course of a Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game, a Dungeon Master
(DM) 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 excellent DM to get bogged down in
on-the-spot decision-making-or to let combat devolve into a boring
slugfest, with monsters running directly at the player characters
(PCs) 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 5th Edition D&D game session begins. Just as
a soldier doesn't whip out his field manual for the first time when
he's already under fire, a DM shouldnt 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"--
Summary
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.
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.
Non-Fiction
- General Subject
- Games & Puzzles
- BISAC Subject 1
- Games / Role Playing & Fantasy
- BISAC Subject 2
- Games / Reference
- Dewey Classification
- 793
Author Bio
Ammann, Keith: - Keith Ammann has been a Dungeons
& Dragons player and DM for more than thirty years. He has been
writing the 5th Edition D&D blog The Monsters Know What
They're Doing since 2016. He lives in Chicago.