Josh and Lewanika this week talk about building combat encounters, and some of the tricks and tools you can use to do it. We talk CR, minion rules, Legendary Actions, Lair actions, and other topics to help make your encounters Legendary!
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Tags: Combat, D&D, DND, Encounter, Lair Action, Legandary Action, Minion
love the new intro music
Thank you, we think it is great too
love it, just something I learned from the chef feat
this is a good calculator I’ve found to start building w/ to give you a ballpark
https://kastark.co.uk/rpgs/encounter-calculator-5th/
I will have to give this one a look. Thanks for the tip
I too have utilized “minion” rule from 4E, I call them ” 1 hit wonders”
Pretty cool huh?
Lair actions existed in 2E from what I remember, not by name….Just that in lair this is the stat block when encountered outside lair this is stat block
I did not know that. Good lookin’ out.