Ammann has since released MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing (2022) and The Lazy DM’s Companion (a collaboration with Mike Shea of SlyFlourish). He also maintains an active Patreon where he breaks down new monsters from every Wizards of the Coast release, often within days.
Suddenly, every combat becomes storytelling. A starving owlbear fights recklessly, then tries to drag a downed PC into the woods. A mercenary hobgoblin captain negotiates mid-fight when his troops start dropping. A young white dragon, raised in captivity, makes stupid tactical errors because it never learned to hunt.
Ammann breaks tactical behavior into three layers:
Enter Keith Ammann, a Chicago-based author and long-time DM, who asked a simple, devastating question: What would the monsters actually do if they wanted to win?
Ammann has since released MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing (2022) and The Lazy DM’s Companion (a collaboration with Mike Shea of SlyFlourish). He also maintains an active Patreon where he breaks down new monsters from every Wizards of the Coast release, often within days.
Suddenly, every combat becomes storytelling. A starving owlbear fights recklessly, then tries to drag a downed PC into the woods. A mercenary hobgoblin captain negotiates mid-fight when his troops start dropping. A young white dragon, raised in captivity, makes stupid tactical errors because it never learned to hunt.
Ammann breaks tactical behavior into three layers:
Enter Keith Ammann, a Chicago-based author and long-time DM, who asked a simple, devastating question: What would the monsters actually do if they wanted to win?
