Been slowly piecing things together to make a DnD campaign for friends. My biggest concern is combat. I'm more of a roleplay and story guy. I can barely handle combat controlling a single character. How can I be in control of all combats in a campaign 😭 - ThreadSky

busypeon.bsky.social • 144 days ago

Been slowly piecing things together to make a DnD campaign for friends. My biggest concern is combat. I'm more of a roleplay and story guy. I can barely handle combat controlling a single character. How can I be in control of all combats in a campaign 😭

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wochitv.bsky.social•144 days ago

If pen and paper is not ur thing, you can use tools like this!
https://dm.tools/tracker

wochitv.bsky.social•144 days ago

You will get there. It takes a bit of practice! I use pen and paper. i note down the initiative rolls, and the current HP of all the party members, then i do the same for the monsters.
I number the party member and the monsters and i keep tracking of everything. It becomes a second nature

busypeon.bsky.social•144 days ago

I'm sure I'll find a system. DMing has always been very intimidating. I am creating contingency plans for contingency plans. This campaign will get played eventually. It just might take years to get to 😳

wochitv.bsky.social•144 days ago

I am a very unusual DM, I improvise 60% of my campaigns, even when I am following a premade book. I learnt that planning all possible scenarios won't fit with players that think a lot outside the box. And if you prepped tons of pages, and none fits, you end up disappointed. :D

busypeon.bsky.social•144 days ago

I'm not quite prepping a book. It's more like a series of scenarios that can fit anywhere. I know the things that I want to happen. I can make them walk into anything. They will have the illusion of choice, and it will feel like I made things up.

sicknantos.bsky.social•143 days ago

Start small, try to think like the monsters.
I recommend "The Monsters Know What They're Doing" by Keith Ammann.
And if your players are understanding, you'll all muddle through together just fine! Often you'll be your own harshest critic.

bionicdoor.bsky.social•144 days ago

My best tips for combat would be, group your enemies, a pack of orcs don’t each need their own initiative, having just the orcs turn and then the goblins turn makes combat a lot easier to keep track of! Also, label each enemy in some way, just so you know how much health each one has.

busypeon.bsky.social•143 days ago

I'm more afraid of figuring out what should be the combat, how many units, what kind of units, etc... I know there is challenge ratings and stuff but it's still something I gotta figure out.

bionicdoor.bsky.social•143 days ago

Oh that’s always tough. I will say that going off of CR is good. Just know CR usually underestimates players, so don’t be afraid to make slight harder encounters than even it recommends. It’ll take time to figure it out completely but you get the hang of it!

bionicdoor.bsky.social•144 days ago

Also! When it comes to bigger encounters having the “boss” have some sort of pre set plan that it works towards at the end of each turn is super fun!

Example: Big old Giant at the end of its first turn, grabs a tree. Second turn sets the tree on fire. Third turn chucks it at the players

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