Shownotes
Show Notes
This week, Fiona and guest host Ben talk about the different approaches to building combat encounters for adventures.
As well as looking at the guidelines provided in the 'Dungeon Master's Guide' and 'Xanathar's Guide to Everything', Ben also gives examples of his own encounter made for a homebrew one-shot game, 'The Fate of the Egenon'.
Chapters discussed: 'Creating Encounters' (p81 - 84) from 'Chapter 3: Creating Adventures' and 'Encounter Building' (p88 - 90) from 'Ch. 2: Dungeon Master's Tools'.
Books discussed: 'Dungeon Master's Guide' and 'Xanathar's Guide to Everything' published by Wizards of the Coast, December 2014 and November 2017 respectively.
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Credits
The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM).
This episode's guest host is Ben Dawes. Check out his first published adventure 'The Fate of the Egenon' on the DMs Guild.
The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).
The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.
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