Remonstered! the Monsters Know What They're Doing
Updated Combat Tactics for Up-To-Date Dungeon Masters
Will be published approx. on 6. October 2026
Book
Hardback
752 pages
978-1-6682-3693-2 (ISBN)
Description
From the creator of the award-winning blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a new and improved 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 Remonstered! The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monster’s approach to combat and develop battle plans before your game session begins. In this highly anticipated revision of the widely praised fifth edition D&D reference, every monster’s tactics are updated to reflect the recent changes to their stat blocks and accompanied by brand-new tips to help you prepare the battlefield, choose allies and minions, and take your combat scenes in exciting, unexpected directions.
Easy to read and apply, Remonstered! The Monsters Know What They’re Doing is essential reading for every DM.
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 Remonstered! The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monster’s approach to combat and develop battle plans before your game session begins. In this highly anticipated revision of the widely praised fifth edition D&D reference, every monster’s tactics are updated to reflect the recent changes to their stat blocks and accompanied by brand-new tips to help you prepare the battlefield, choose allies and minions, and take your combat scenes in exciting, unexpected directions.
Easy to read and apply, Remonstered! The Monsters Know What They’re Doing is essential reading for every DM.
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Edition
Revised ed.
Language
English
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
789 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6682-3693-2 (9781668236932)
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Updated Combat Tactics for Up-to-Date Dungeon Masters
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Keith Ammann is the creator of the award-winning blog and book The Monsters Know What They're Doing and author of a series of books by the same name, including the recent Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games and How to Defend Your Lair. He's been a roleplaying gamer and game master for more than thirty-five years. He likes to play outwardly abrasive helpers, out-of-their-element helpers, and genuinely nice, helpful helpers. Mostly, though, he plays non-player characters. And monsters.