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Low-level combat - Part 1
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Low-level combat is often mechanically simple, and this can lead to potentially boring encounters, particularly if players are used to the range of abilities available with higher-level characters. In this two-part series, we discuss why low-level combat can sometimes fall short, and provide a bunch of ways to spice things up. In part one, we talk about how to make the opponents more interesting (giving them a personality, some prior relationship with the party, perhaps some emotional investment); ways to introduce alternative objectives so that combat isn't just about fighting to the death; how to create dynamic environments with weather or lair actions; and how to use different combat roles alongside things like resistances and vulnerabilities to keep things interesting.
Keep an eye out for part two of this discussion next week.
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Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Problems with low-level combat (00:01:49)
3. Make the enemy more interesting (00:04:01)
4. Introduce alternative objectives (00:10:04)
5. Use dynamic environments (00:17:25)
6. Distinct combat roles (00:24:32)
7. Resistances and vulnerabilities (00:27:20)
8. Outro (00:30:13)
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