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<blockquote data-quote="subgeniuszero" data-source="post: 5939628" data-attributes="member: 6682099">Hi guys,I'm a longtime D&amp;D fan who got recently got back into the game after a nearly ten-year hiatus.&nbsp; I've only ever been a player — never DM'd before, as the rest of my question will make plain.&nbsp; Currently, I'm writing a novel which takes place at a SF/F convention, and in one chapter in particular, I have a scene — written from the point of view of the DM — running an encounter with only two 30ish level players.&nbsp; I actually went and created two characters for the characters in the book to play (meta-characters?), and picked out a ridiculously hard monster for them to fight — Ultimate Beholder Tyrant, the goal being to run the (hopefully exciting) encounter myself, and then recording the results and turning them into prose to use in the book.Trouble is, I know jack-squat about DMi-ng or running encounters.&nbsp; I have no idea what goes on behind the Magic Cardboard Shield; I mean, I have an idea . . . but as for what the DM specifically does during each round of combat, and what order he/she does them in, and what conditionals are in effect that influence his/her decisions, well . . . clueless.&nbsp; Absolutely clueless.The scene itself is going to last 5-7 pages, and since the characters are all themselves experienced gamers, I want it to be as authentic as possible.&nbsp; Sooo, any help any of you experienced DMs can give, I would really appreciate.&nbsp; Basically what I need is a step-by-step algorithmic breakdown of what happens, when, and in what order, and why.&nbsp; Basically, a transcript of a combat encounter from the DM's perspective.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="subgeniuszero, post: 5939628, member: 6682099"] Hi guys, I'm a longtime D&D fan who got recently got back into the game after a nearly ten-year hiatus. I've only ever been a player — never DM'd before, as the rest of my question will make plain. Currently, I'm writing a novel which takes place at a SF/F convention, and in one chapter in particular, I have a scene — written from the point of view of the DM — running an encounter with only two 30ish level players. I actually went and created two characters for the characters in the book to play (meta-characters?), and picked out a ridiculously hard monster for them to fight — Ultimate Beholder Tyrant, the goal being to run the (hopefully exciting) encounter myself, and then recording the results and turning them into prose to use in the book. Trouble is, I know jack-squat about DMi-ng or running encounters. I have no idea what goes on behind the Magic Cardboard Shield; I mean, I have an [I]idea[/I] . . . but as for what the DM specifically does during each round of combat, and what order he/she does them in, and what conditionals are in effect that influence his/her decisions, well . . . clueless. Absolutely clueless. The scene itself is going to last 5-7 pages, and since the characters are all themselves experienced gamers, I want it to be as authentic as possible. Sooo, any help any of you experienced DMs can give, I would really appreciate. Basically what I need is a step-by-step algorithmic breakdown of what happens, when, and in what order, and why. Basically, a transcript of a combat encounter from the DM's perspective. [/QUOTE]

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