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<blockquote data-quote="kenada" data-source="post: 8140929" data-attributes="member: 70468">The way you describe things, it sounds like you’re having encounters rather than just encountering something in the dungeon. Did you get any chance to talk to them or retreat, or did a fight immediately break out?I’m prepping to run OSE for the first time, and the thing that really leapt out at me coming from modern games is that the encounter procedure does not assume a fight happens. You’re expected to allow the PCs a chance to parley, retreat, or do something else (which can include combat).Not every monster is going to be willing to negotiate or chat, but I feel like having every encounter with creatures be a fight is also not in the spirit of what the system intends. Especially if you’re in a megadungeon, PCs need the opportunity to interact with the factions (so you can play them against each other, etc).You’ve only described two deadly fights here, but you say you are making only limited progress every time you delve into the dungeon. That suggests suggests the problem extends beyond those two fights even if you aren’t losing people every time.Is this a reasonable take? Have you talked to the group or your GM to see if things are going as everyone expects?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenada, post: 8140929, member: 70468"] The way you describe things, it sounds like you’re having [I]encounters[/I] rather than just encountering something in the dungeon. Did you get any chance to talk to them or retreat, or did a fight immediately break out? I’m prepping to run OSE for the first time, and the thing that really leapt out at me coming from modern games is that the encounter procedure does not assume a fight happens. You’re expected to allow the PCs a chance to parley, retreat, or do something else (which can include combat). Not every monster is going to be willing to negotiate or chat, but I feel like having every encounter with creatures be a fight is also not in the spirit of what the system intends. Especially if you’re in a megadungeon, PCs need the opportunity to interact with the factions (so you can play them against each other, etc). You’ve only described two deadly fights here, but you say you are making only limited progress every time you delve into the dungeon. That suggests suggests the problem extends beyond those two fights even if you aren’t losing people every time. Is this a reasonable take? Have you talked to the group or your GM to see if things are going as everyone expects? [/QUOTE]

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