Dungeons & Tangents
A conversational D&D podcast
Displaying all 2 Episode of Dungeons & Tangents with the tag “encounters”.
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Episode 20: Initiative
September 19th, 2017 | 24 mins 5 secs
dming, encounters, running the game
Initiative is the D&D mechanic for deciding the order of play during an encounter.
As players of D&D we don't often question how initiative works or how it could be different.
But in this episode Robert and Erik do exactly that. Why do we use initiative? And what alternatives are there?
Is there a better way to run initiative? -
Episode 15: Anatomy of an Encounter
August 15th, 2017 | 32 mins 6 secs
dming, encounters
Erik and Robert take a close look at the basic parts of D&D Encounter. We dissect encounters down to their key elements, then get into how Bruce Willis doesn't like water.