There is a pair of friendly NPCs that my group is traveling with, but as a DM I am wondering how I should add them to the combat tracker. Should I add them as Homebrew Monsters or full on Characters in the party https://mobdro.bio/https://kodi.bio/? I am a bit annoyed that dndbeyond does not have any sort of mechanic for this.
It would recommend you give the players a card for each npc. They choose 1 card to use in the encounter. The npc goes last in initiative. The card lists 2 actions. A teamwork action, and a custom action. A designated player chooses what action from the card the npc does. Don't track the npc's health or their location on the battlemap. They are strictly theater of the mind. Basically your npcs becomes a legendary action for the players.
There is a similar system on dm guild called Companion System by Chris "Goober" Ramsley.
There is a pair of friendly NPCs that my group is traveling with, but as a DM I am wondering how I should add them to the combat tracker. Should I add them as Homebrew Monsters or full on Characters in the party https://mobdro.bio/ https://kodi.bio/? I am a bit annoyed that dndbeyond does not have any sort of mechanic for this.
Add them as characters in the party. That's what they are, aren't they?
but aren't these they are NPC stat blocks not PC characters.
Edit found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmfsZsDf3_Q
Matthew Perkins Battle Companion system. https://www.patreon.com/posts/50450179
It would recommend you give the players a card for each npc. They choose 1 card to use in the encounter. The npc goes last in initiative. The card lists 2 actions. A teamwork action, and a custom action. A designated player chooses what action from the card the npc does. Don't track the npc's health or their location on the battlemap. They are strictly theater of the mind. Basically your npcs becomes a legendary action for the players.
There is a similar system on dm guild called Companion System by Chris "Goober" Ramsley.
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/192283/Companion-System