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Help with Combat (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world to c/dnd@lemmy.world

Hello there.

The one weak point I have in being a DM is combat. If it's anything non-magical, I'm alright at it. But the moment magic is thrown in, with non magic combat, and you have a party of 6 players with multiple enemies, and players with character abilities that are all over the place, it gets overwhelming to the point where I'm intimidated.

I've read guides, watched videos, read the official 5e DM book, and it's still not clicking for me.

Please give me your tips on how to tackle this!

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[-] SwiggitySwole@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

99% of the time, PCs abilities aren't your concern, all you need to worry about is knowing if it sounds like they something they might be able to do. Worst case scenario just ask them to read the ability description.

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