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Podcast: RPGBOT.Podcast
Episode: INITIATIVE & SURPRISE (Remastered!) - Challenging the Traditional and Spicing Up Your Game
Description: In this remastered episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss initiative and surprise mechanics in TTRPGs. We examine how initiative and surprise work in DnD 5e and how people are using it wrong, we compare 5e to other RPGs including Pathfinder 2e and The One Ring, and we explore some variant initiative options which you might use in your own games. This episode was originally published April 6, 2022 MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes RPGBOT.News – Caleb Valorozo-Jones on Neurodiversity in TTRPGs RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 – Variant Rules Dungeons and Drag...