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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7164771" data-attributes="member: 97077">Do they have some means by which they're able to "retreat" as you say without suffering an opportunity attack? There are some class features and feats that allow for that, but they shouldn't all be able to do it as far as I know.Check out DMG pages 81 to 87 for tips on Encounter Design. Also, take a gander at some of the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?470673-is3rith-s-Adventure-Scenarios" target="_blank">short-form scenarios that I have posted over the years</a>. There are a number of them that involve all pillars in the same scene with character and monster objectives and alternate victory or defeat conditions.Finally, make sure you as DM are setting the tone for being awesome. I find that means following the basic conversation as closely as possible: Describe the environment and, after the players have stated what they want to do, narrate the result of their actions. Then repeat. Many DMs, after the initial description of the environment, just start calling out character names like they are taking orders at the deli. When each character's turn is resolved, start the loop again by describing the environment as it stands in light of what has transpired, then ask "What do you do?" Try to do that as pithily and evocatively as possible to get the players excited about acting.And one last bit on that - when narrating the result of their actions, do it from the perspective of what impact they had. Don't describe their actions for them as I see so, so many DMs doing (including on some popular podcasts). The players are the ones who describe what they want to do (or, more accurately, try to do). You just tell them the result. So while "I attack the orc with my sword in order to kill it..." is technically a sufficient goal and approach, sometimes players are bland about their descriptions because they expect the DM to make it more flavorful after the dice are rolled e.g. "You swing overhead with a relentless storm of sword strokes, letting out a vicious war cry as you vent your fury at the orc!" No, I say! The player should be doing describing that bit and you should be adding to it only with how it turns out before looping back around to describing the environment. This makes for a more evocative whole and shares the responsibility of the storytelling as it should be done instead of pushing it entirely on the DM.</blockquote>

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