How would you run a 'swarm'? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world to c/dnd@lemmy.world

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I've been DMing a small group of new players. They've been literally "hit or miss" with combat. I know at least one is getting frustrated with combat because he can't roll to save his life. I'm planning on throwing a swarm of small creatures at them next session. goblins, spiders, whatever. just small easily killed, easily hit creatures. Thing is I don't want to do 'initiative' per se as I'm considering having a ton of these things. Anyone have any pointers?

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[-] FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Guess i didn't realize there was an existing stat block. I don't really want to do something like insects though. but yeah, you got the idea on the rest of it. this is pretty much what i was looking for. basically i want to give the on PC that can't hit shit some optimism and start killing a few things instead of the druid that headbutts everything to death. Thank you

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a link to one of the basic swarms from the 5e SRD:

Swarm of Zombies

It doesn't have all the features I talked about but it does follow the same concept. It's an abstraction of how a crowd might behave.

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