doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Overly long title says it all, really, but to get more specific, I'm wondering what people do in their games to make the game more challenged, specifically without changing PC abilities at all.
Just "DM side", what are your tricks and shortcuts? Do you use enemies from 3pp, have you built a set of templates to give monsters combat roles, do you add special events to certain points in initiative to represent things like backup, or terrain hazards, etc?
Please don't crap on anyone's ideas, though. It's a sharing thread, not a harangue people who play differently than you thread.
Just "DM side", what are your tricks and shortcuts? Do you use enemies from 3pp, have you built a set of templates to give monsters combat roles, do you add special events to certain points in initiative to represent things like backup, or terrain hazards, etc?
Please don't crap on anyone's ideas, though. It's a sharing thread, not a harangue people who play differently than you thread.