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Running Hordes: Guidelines for D&D Battles with Hundreds of Monsters
Episode 266

Running Hordes: Guidelines for D&D Battles with Hundreds of Monsters

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish · slyflourish

April 15, 202119m 9s

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Show Notes

Mike offers guidelines for running huge hordes of monsters in D&D and looks at a number of alternative approaches.

Podcast Contents

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:41 Mike's recommended horde system
  • 05:03 Why we care about horde guidelines
  • 05:58 Mike's criteria for good horde guidelines
  • 06:54 Horde guidelines from the Dungeon Master's Guide (Chap 8, Pg 250)
  • 08:26 4e D&D style minions
  • 09:38 Single-stat-block hordes
  • 10:36 5e Hardcore Mode's horde guidelines
  • 12:09 13th Age mook rules
  • 13:25 Mike's recommended horde guidelines review
  • 15:53 Problems with Mike's horde guidelines
  • 18:14 The importance of horde guidelines for D&D
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