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Legendary actions... should it be 3?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 6911969" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>The number of legendary actions should be whatever number you think makes sense to you as a DM based on the story you want to tell.</p><p></p><p>The rules are a guideline, and the starting point of your encounters, not the end.</p><p></p><p>So for me, it's going to be more based on "how legendary" the monster is. If a monster has more legendary actions than expected I will probably try to telegraph that ahead of time through rumors or info the PCs have discovered while doing research.</p><p></p><p>As far as adjusting based on the number of people, I'm not sure I'd go lower than 3 very often. Legendary actions are taken into account in the XP for the monster so you're playing with the balance of the game. On the other hand, the XP is based on 4 characters so I could see why you might want to give them more for bigger groups.</p><p></p><p>This also depends on your group. I play/DM with a couple of groups and in one of my groups there's a guy who's a real stickler for the rules ... it may not be worth the hassle to up the number of legendary's a monster has just because he would pull us out of the moment with meta-game knowledge if I throw more then 4 (or less than 3). The other group just accepts what I throw as long as it never gets to a DM vs Player feel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 6911969, member: 6801845"] The number of legendary actions should be whatever number you think makes sense to you as a DM based on the story you want to tell. The rules are a guideline, and the starting point of your encounters, not the end. So for me, it's going to be more based on "how legendary" the monster is. If a monster has more legendary actions than expected I will probably try to telegraph that ahead of time through rumors or info the PCs have discovered while doing research. As far as adjusting based on the number of people, I'm not sure I'd go lower than 3 very often. Legendary actions are taken into account in the XP for the monster so you're playing with the balance of the game. On the other hand, the XP is based on 4 characters so I could see why you might want to give them more for bigger groups. This also depends on your group. I play/DM with a couple of groups and in one of my groups there's a guy who's a real stickler for the rules ... it may not be worth the hassle to up the number of legendary's a monster has just because he would pull us out of the moment with meta-game knowledge if I throw more then 4 (or less than 3). The other group just accepts what I throw as long as it never gets to a DM vs Player feel. [/QUOTE]
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