I feel like I'm spamming the boards with stupid questions this weekend, but OK... I was wondering about encounters that move into other encounters and encounters where the PCs break off from, and come back.
Case 1: The encounter moves into an other area, triggering a second encounter. Is this all part of one big encounter, meaning that the PCs still have only 1 use of encounter powers?
Case 2: The characters trigger an encounter, kills a few monsters and manages to retreat. They wait a couple of minutes (not a rest), and return. Is this now a new encounter? Or do they need to take a short rest in order to use enounter powers again?
Case 1: The encounter moves into an other area, triggering a second encounter. Is this all part of one big encounter, meaning that the PCs still have only 1 use of encounter powers?
Case 2: The characters trigger an encounter, kills a few monsters and manages to retreat. They wait a couple of minutes (not a rest), and return. Is this now a new encounter? Or do they need to take a short rest in order to use enounter powers again?