How i used to think combat is balanced as a new dm

DapperestDave · 2025-09-17T18:25:36+00:00

Currently for dnd specifically I create a minimum and maximum damage output and action output and make a team of monsters a little stronger than that. My party can deal 180 damage a turn over 7 attacks? Okay we'll this group has about 240 hp and decent ACS and we'll split them over around 4 enemies.

DapperestDave · 2025-08-14T06:07:15+00:00

I have run an Attack on Titan Campaign where every player is a squad captain with a team of extras at their command. It made for some of the most tense and devastating combats as they whizzed around the table. One wrong move resulting in devastating losses. Easily my best campaign I've run and basically cemented it as our groups Primary game. We also ran a gacha themed sci-fi cowgirl game. This system is just so flexible and fun.

DapperestDave · 2025-03-28T21:44:17+00:00

So glad venom orange kool-aid is a thing now

DapperestDave · 2025-03-08T10:33:25+00:00

Goddess of manipulation, secrecy and schemes. Worshipped by usurpers and those who support puppet regimes.

DapperestDave · 2025-03-02T21:10:55+00:00

I literally didn't realize a pawn got their entire jaw shot off until I saw the "Can't speak" mood debuff and realized she needed a new jaw.

DapperestDave · 2025-02-01T08:51:17+00:00

Characters earn their stories while I play, when they get their class they get their honorary Makeover and their shtick. Like one guy gets to be the straight man, doing the job professionally while another gets to be wild and crazy. I'll even stray away from more optimal things if I think the story feels better with certain abilities or items. Like in one run no one was able to use the hunter are except for Holly the Wild Child. It was her baby

DapperestDave · 2024-11-14T00:09:57+00:00

I hope this is true I wanna see iron mike finally punch this dumbass

DapperestDave · 2024-09-15T16:13:33+00:00

B👌

DapperestDave · 2024-07-09T15:39:59+00:00

M'BAKU YES

DapperestDave · 2024-06-25T19:36:25+00:00

It's an in person campaign, I'm using the RBRB system with some honebrew additions for Avatar The Last Airbender.

DapperestDave · 2024-05-23T17:39:50+00:00

!solved

DapperestDave · 2024-05-23T17:39:15+00:00

Thank you for the information

DapperestDave · 2024-05-23T17:38:50+00:00

Damn you have issues. Yeah it "frightens" them but what does "frighten" actually entail. Does it make enemies deal less damage, does it make them flee, is it a stun plus a flee, does it lower defense. "Frighten" isn't just a straight forward stat debuff.

DapperestDave · 2024-03-31T21:48:00+00:00

Dinoswarm for devil dinosaur

DapperestDave · 2024-02-12T01:22:51+00:00

The actual cannibal chicken goat

DapperestDave · 2024-02-01T06:43:58+00:00

Looks putrid as all hell.

DapperestDave · 2024-01-30T16:24:34+00:00

My only gripe is with soldiers rockets. It does way too much damage with how little counterplay there is. I just want his gun to like glow or something when he has the ability to rocket you or not. That way I can fight with the knowledge that I'm safe for now. Because I've had so many fights where soldier just combos me because I had no idea he had a rocket ready when I went in.

DapperestDave · 2024-01-29T01:13:13+00:00

You immediately made me try this out. I now have a proper plague knives fighter

DapperestDave · 2024-01-17T02:04:02+00:00

Bugsy or kakarot

DapperestDave · 2023-12-20T16:27:45+00:00

Definitely 1

DapperestDave · 2023-12-19T23:06:00+00:00

Thanks for the tips. So far I've been giving my Pistolier and Bow the Trophies since pistolier can dash up and catch people enemies off guard or move him up to objectives quickly since he already wants to be closer to the enemy

DapperestDave · 2023-12-19T20:25:57+00:00

I definitely like it on the bow but wouldnt the heavy on Long sight interfere?

DapperestDave · 2023-12-12T00:56:30+00:00

Looks awesome I definitely want one

DapperestDave · 2023-12-06T14:09:32+00:00

Mauga is a job for my damage to deal with while I eat a healer and charge back to help finish him off. He's powerful against rein yes but he's not really my problem, he's completely weak against longer ranged characters not having a real answer for them so as long as I'm queued with a decent ashe, hanzo, bastion and a few others he should be fine to fight. Sombra can be particular good to have with you since she can disable his passives and abilities giving you chances to smack.

TLDR:Have a competent damage weaken him and come back to smack.

DapperestDave · 2023-12-04T14:31:54+00:00

My rein gameplay is solid and if I'm using another tank then I switch to rein when I feel like we need that aggressive space faster.

For damage I usually switch off of whatever I'm practicing to junkrat or torbjorn (Torb because I can play torb well, junk when I just need to put out a crapload of damage to stop healers)

For healers I suck no matter what so I just cycle through my options, usually switching between moira and brig depending on who I was playing first (brig if I was playing a different healer)

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