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<blockquote data-quote="Puddles" data-source="post: 8088209" data-attributes="member: 7026093">Yes, the classic problem with morale comes to dungeons, where each time an enemy flees it makes the next encounter harder. One solution is the one Matt Coalville advocates for, which is the number of goblins in the next room never changes. If 2 goblins flee into the next room, the 4 goblins planned to be in it just become 2 old and 2 new.Otherwise you might want to build upon the rules and say either a.) fleeing goblins don’t automatically rally in the next room, or b.) the presence of terrified goblins actually lowers the morale of the next encounter (which could lead to a snowballing of mass hysteria throughout the dungeon which I find amusing to think about).Personally, I am like you in that I just eyeball morale and tend to ask myself “Why are they fighting?” at the start of each round to decide if they should stay or if they should go.It was just an idea really to explore making combats both short and tactical, which I think it would do as having a defined morale system that the players can manipulate gives them agency in combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Puddles, post: 8088209, member: 7026093"] Yes, the classic problem with morale comes to dungeons, where each time an enemy flees it makes the next encounter harder. One solution is the one Matt Coalville advocates for, which is the number of goblins in the next room never changes. If 2 goblins flee into the next room, the 4 goblins planned to be in it just become 2 old and 2 new. Otherwise you might want to build upon the rules and say either a.) fleeing goblins don’t automatically rally in the next room, or b.) the presence of terrified goblins actually lowers the morale of the next encounter (which could lead to a snowballing of mass hysteria throughout the dungeon which I find amusing to think about). Personally, I am like you in that I just eyeball morale and tend to ask myself “Why are they fighting?” at the start of each round to decide if they should stay or if they should go. It was just an idea really to explore making combats both short [B]and[/B] tactical, which I think it would do as having a defined morale system that the players can manipulate gives them agency in combat. [/QUOTE]

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