Keith Ammann (230 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. From the author of The Monsters Know What They?re Doing comes an introduction to combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons players.In his first book, The Monsters Know What They?re Doing (based on his popular blog), Keith Ammann unleashed upon the D&D world a wave of clever, highly evolved monster tactics. Now it?s only fair that he gives players the tools they need to fight back?and prevail! An introduction to combat tactics for fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons players, Live to Tell the Tale evens the score. It examines the fundamentals of D&D battles: combat roles, party composition, attacking combos, advantage and disadvantage, Stealth and Perception, and more?including the ever-important consideration of how to run away! Don?t worry about creating a mathematically perfect character from square one. Survival isn?t about stats?it?s about behavior! With four turn-by-turn, roll-by-roll, blow-by-blow sample battles, Live to Tell the Tale breaks down how to make the best choices for your cherished characters so that they can survive their adventures, retire upon their accumulated riches, and tell stories about the old days that nobody will ever believe. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. From the author of The Monsters Know What They?re Doing comes an introduction to combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons players.In his first book, The Monsters Know What They?re Doing (based on his popular blog), Keith Ammann unleashed upon the D&D world a wave of clever, highly evolved monster tactics. Now it?s only fair that he gives players the tools they need to fight back?and prevail! An introduction to combat tactics for fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons players, Live to Tell the Tale evens the score. It examines the fundamentals of D&D battles: combat roles, party composition, attacking combos, advantage and disadvantage, Stealth and Perception, and more?including the ever-important consideration of how to run away! Don?t worry about creating a mathematically perfect character from square one. Survival isn?t about stats?it?s about behavior! With four turn-by-turn, roll-by-roll, blow-by-blow sample battles, Live to Tell the Tale breaks down how to make the best choices for your cherished characters so that they can survive their adventures, retire upon their accumulated riches, and tell stories about the old days that nobody will ever believe. …

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Hardback. Condition: Good. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behaviour?and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behaviour! It?s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They?re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM?s burden by helping you understand your monsters? abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don?t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they?re already under fire, a DM shouldn?t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat.Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behaviour?and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behaviour! It?s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They?re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM?s burden by helping you understand your monsters? abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don?t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they?re already under fire, a DM shouldn?t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat.Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Defend yourself and protect your assets in a lair that feels as real and alive as your monsters with advice from Keith Ammann, author of The Monsters Know What They?re Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters. The world is a dangerous place?especially when you?re up to no good. Whether you?re a rampaging monster, a calculating mastermind, or the current possessor of the Golden MacGuffin, someone?s going to come at you. Probably more than one someone. You can?t know when, but you can choose where. You need to be ready. You need a lair. In How to Defend Your Lair, gamemaster Keith Ammann pulls back the curtain on an underrated but crucial part of any tabletop roleplaying game: the theater of battle. Say goodbye to encounters in randomly generated dungeons and hello to a game in which where the fight takes place is just as important as who is doing the fighting. This book teaches you how to use real-world principles of building security and area defense to create strongholds infused with flavor, informed by narrative, and complex enough to force your players to think strategically. You?ll look at the strengths and weaknesses of both defenders and potential attackers, creating spaces that are strong enough to keep out ordinary intruders.and to provide thrilling challenges to extraordinary ones. Including more than a dozen fleshed-out sample strongholds, How to Defend Your Lair is a crucial resource for any RPG gamemaster who wants to push players to think about how to solve problems before running at them head-on.…

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