Mastering Dungeons

Monster Groups and Encounters! (MD 231)


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Episode 231 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Monster Groups and Encounters!

The 2025 Monster Manual provides a variety of monster groupings, such as several goblins or bandits. How well do those monster groupings work to establish a theme, provide a DM with options, and provide for useful encounters?

News: Sigil VTT is Live, Starter Set Preview, MtG Movie and TV Show, D&D Game Canceled, and more!

Contents

00:00 ECCC Cometh
01:49 Video Game-Like Rules?
11:26 Intrigue for Convention Play?
17:42 Sigil VTT is Live!
22:37 Starter Set Previewed
26:52 MtG Movie and TV Shows
28:29 Revised Artificer UA
37:44 Smuggler's Secrets on Beyond
41:03 WotC Cancels Video Game
42:42 Ernie Gygax Passes
43:08 Mr Potato Head Beholder
45:47 Monster Groups and Encounters
45:58 The Conundrum of CR and Encounters
51:50 Monster Grouping Goals
52:51 2024 Monster Errata
01:00:52 Goblin Groupings
01:02:19 Monster Synergies?
01:03:11 Goblin Encounter Examples
01:10:53 Naming Monsters
01:12:09 Pirate CRs
01:15:27 Pirate Encounter Examples
01:19:52 CRs and Story
01:31:37 Shout-Outs
01:35:18 What Are We Gonna Do Now?

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