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

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

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https://www.notion.so/Running-Hordes-Run-Dozens-to-Hundreds-of-Monsters-in-your-D-D-Combat-5516951fcf00481986759ebf505e783d

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Show 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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