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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8335755" data-attributes="member: 6670763">Random encounters are kind of a lost art.If the players get their XP from winning fights, then random encounters no longer serve their purpose as something players want to avoid. Instead it's XP coming to them, rather than having to be hunted down.Random encounters also need to have a reaction roll, since those encounters that results in a non-hostile response from the creatures create the most interesting situations that make the system more than just choppy slog.And finally, the original random encounters system absolutely had encounters that would count as hard or deadly. The players never knowing what they get is a critical part of how random encounters are supposed to work. Very dangerous creatures with little reward to be gained from defeating them makes retreat a desirable option, which again leads to new potentially interesting situations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yora, post: 8335755, member: 6670763"] Random encounters are kind of a lost art. If the players get their XP from winning fights, then random encounters no longer serve their purpose as something players want to avoid. Instead it's XP coming to them, rather than having to be hunted down. Random encounters also need to have a reaction roll, since those encounters that results in a non-hostile response from the creatures create the most interesting situations that make the system more than just choppy slog. And finally, the original random encounters system absolutely had encounters that would count as hard or deadly. The players never knowing what they get is a critical part of how random encounters are supposed to work. Very dangerous creatures with little reward to be gained from defeating them makes retreat a desirable option, which again leads to new potentially interesting situations. [/QUOTE]

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