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

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

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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