Episode 18

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11th Nov 2020

Episode #18: Try tracking the initiative? Combat options and variants

Show Notes

This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about combat combat combat! Looking at the main and variant ways of tracking initiative during a combat encounter, improvising damage, adjudicating areas of spell effects, handling mobs and alternative adventurer actions such as Disarm.

Chapter discussed: 'Combat' (p247 - 250) and 'Combat Options' (p271 - 272)

Book: 'Dungeon Master's Guide' published by Wizards of the Coast, December 2014.

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