Splitting the party doesn’t have to be scary. In this video, we cover the three major rules of splitting the party: dividing your time seamlessly using Initiative Groups or the Cliffhanger Method, filling the dead air by putting your benched players in control of the NPCs, and handling split combat without boring your table to death.

Timestamps
0:00 – Intro
0:47 – Title Crawl
0:54 – Dividing the Time (Initiative Groups vs. Cliffhangers)
2:52 – Keeping it Interesting (How to Fill Dead Air)
4:07 – The Golden Rules of Split Combat

💬 Join the Conversation: How do you handle it when your party decides to split up? Do you use cinematic cuts, or do you try to avoid it entirely? Let me know your horror stories and strategies in the comments below!

Until next time, be good, or be good at it. You got the juice.