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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8135485" data-attributes="member: 6855114">Not even then I will not fudge. But who says the cr 10+ encounter must see the players? The players normally have scouts.Encounter roll. Five Fire Giants, the group is only level 6...What I would do.You hear thunderous shouts and rumble ahead.the ranger/rogue/sneaky character: "I sneak to see what's going on."DM: Ok. Roll sneak with advantageThe player (Quite happy): Ok, 2 and 14. That makes a 22!DM: You see Five fire giants playing catch the ball with boulders. One of them is clearly the referee. They do not notice you as they are too concentrated on their games to catch on your presence.The player: "Ok, I sneak away, warn the group and we give them a wide wide berth"This was clearly an encounter to avoid. Encounters like these make the world alive and feel dangerous. You could replace the fire giants with an ancient red dragon eating something big or whatever. There is nothing that can be avoided and giving advantage to a roll almost ensure that the player will succeed. If not, then a highway robbery of the players might be in order. (there is a reason I give inspirations rolls... reroll man, reroll.)</blockquote>