How to run THRILLING action scenes (D&D / TTRPG)

Game masters, if your action feels slow and your combat drags on, here's a trick that might help! Big thanks to Homie and the Dude for sponsoring this one and for the amazing work they do! You can find the kickstarter to Scorched Basin right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... This is a referral link btw, so if you use this one it helps me too! Big thanks to the wonderful ‪@Trekiros‬ who made the mistake of saying yes to a cameo. You're getting more and more unhinged by the day, dude. Love it. -------------------- Sometimes I write adventures, you can find them for free here: https://www.corkboardsandcuriosities.... https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.p... Want to support me? Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/corkboardsandcurios... Patreon (with discord access): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=96379479 -------------------- Music used (Youtube Audio Library): Taking Chances - the Soundings Running - Nat Keefe Upstate - TrackTribe Journeyman - Aakash Gandhi The Great Pig in the Sty - Ezra Lipp Western Spaghetti - Chris Haugen The Plan's Working - Cooper Cannell Final Girl - Jeremy Blake Additional sound effects from Pixabay including work by: ShidenBeatsMusic, freesound_community, u_wxn5lzrjy3 and imagne_impossible Embers visual effect by Joe Hackney -------------------- Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:45 One principle to better action 01:37 The flow of decision making 02:21 Disrupting the decision process 03:34 Calling the experts 04:03 The round structure 05:20 The round structure in practice 07:09 Scorched Basin 08:44 The pressure of urgency 09:34 The player's cooperation 11:29 The balance of action 11:44 Outro