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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5966969" data-attributes="member: 3400">You don't have to ensure there will be a random encounter. If their standard tactic is to nova and rest, random encounters will eventually occur. But it's not just random encounters either. As long as things in the environment react to the PCs, novaing and resting will come with a cost. Defenses may be strengthened. Retaliation may occur. Wholesale retreats (with whatever isn't nailed down) may also occur.When I was running the Secret of the Slavelord's Stockade, the PCs retreated from the stockade multiple times and each time the residents reacted to them. They fortified entry points encouraging the PCs to attack from a different point each time. They sent out a punitive expedition. Some of the forces withdrew with a large chunk of the treasury when holding the stockade became untenable. And, in the end, the PCs' efforts led to a third power group in the Pomarj occupying the fortress and an uneasy truce between them and the PCs burdened with a lot of freed slaves to escort back to civilization.</blockquote>