The Monsters Know What They’re Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters

Keith Ammann

Jan 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Kevin T. Collins

About this audiobook

From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They're Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior-and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! 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.

Ratings and reviews

Long, but very descriptive. I hope it helps make my PCs experience better. I enjoyed the narrator.

Super helpful resource for DMs who want to add interest to their combat encounters!

A useful but dry listen.

About the author

Keith Ammann has been a Dungeons & Dragons player and DM for more than thirty years. He has been writing the fifth edition D&D-focused blog The Monsters Know What They're Doing since 2016. He lives in Chicago.

Kevin T. Collins is a New York actor and director who can be seen Off-Broadway, on television, and in films. An Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator, he has narrated over 225 titles.