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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4802508" data-attributes="member: 66434">One time honored way of helping players understand that not every encounter can be won with a stand up fight is to demonstrate the ability of whatever they are supposed to run from on a third party at a time the PC's can actually witness the demonstration. It can be helpful to use something that the PC's might have defeated (with great difficulty and/or at great cost) as the victim in such a demonstration.  For example, if your party recently had a scary encounter with an ogre and barely made it through the fight then perhaps when the party sees whatever horror you spring on them, they can see the creature scoop up an ogre, bite its head off, and fling it aside like trash. This would be a fairly sure sign that whatever the thing is, it will be more than a match in open combat.  Try and avoid placing the PC's in a situation where it appears that others may suffer if they run away. A skill challenge to evacuate a small village before the creature destroys it might be in order but putting the PC's in a situation where they have no option but to fight an unwinnable fight or let innocents suffer isn't a good idea in a game where the PC's are supposed to be heroic.</blockquote>