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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6862785" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Yes, dispersal should be SOP for a recon patrol or for pickets. A good configuration for four shadow demons would be two ahead (30' separation between them), two behind (at the edge of visual range of the first two, with 30' separation between them). That gives you some mutual support capability without too much risk of all getting caught in the same ambush.As an aside: I've done a fair amount of playing in the dark in 5E, and one of the most annoying things that can happen is when your pickets don't see the enemy and the enemy doesn't see the pickets, so the hidden enemy walks right into your main body without ever noticing the pickets. Therefore, sometimes it pays to have a stalking horse, such as a guy with a torch who is apparently "alone" in the dark. I'm not sure how or whether shadow demons would apply the same doctrine, but if they're close to the demon horde and acting as pickets this would be a reason to bring along a non-stealthy demon like a vrock or a dretch. If something hidden decides it can tackle the vrock and attacks, shoom! face full of Shadow Demon!I love tactical deception. Edit: oh! No wonder my players are such scaredy cats sometimes about obstacles that I don't think should be a big deal. I get it now. It's because I love tactical deception. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I must be doing my Evil DM job correctly.</blockquote>

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