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<blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 3989984" data-attributes="member: 55846"><p>I think that when the 4e team talks about the DM creating non-combat encounters, I think they will definitely be looking to avoid one-on-one encounters.&nbsp; Just as a significant combat encounter that involved a one-on-one duel wouldn't be considered good encounter planning for party (with the rare exception), a social encounter recommended in D&amp;D will indeed be closer to combat.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; A social encounter will require the team to be acting together or failure will be near certain.&nbsp; Just as a fighter couldn't wade into a well designed combat encounter with no help from the rest of the party, a bard won't be able to do the same with a well designed social encounter.&nbsp; Will it be particularly realistic?&nbsp; About as realistic as combat encounters in D&amp;D just so often happening to require the number and level of characters in the party.&nbsp; There will likely be quick one-on-one social interactions of the &quot;Roll a Diplomacy check&quot; variety, but these won't be considered full encounters anymore than the rogue finding and disarming a simple trap would be.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="FourthBear, post: 3989984, member: 55846"] I think that when the 4e team talks about the DM creating non-combat encounters, I think they will definitely be looking to avoid one-on-one encounters. Just as a significant combat encounter that involved a one-on-one duel wouldn't be considered good encounter planning for party (with the rare exception), a social encounter recommended in D&D will indeed be closer to combat. :) A social encounter will require the team to be acting together or failure will be near certain. Just as a fighter couldn't wade into a well designed combat encounter with no help from the rest of the party, a bard won't be able to do the same with a well designed social encounter. Will it be particularly realistic? About as realistic as combat encounters in D&D just so often happening to require the number and level of characters in the party. There will likely be quick one-on-one social interactions of the "Roll a Diplomacy check" variety, but these won't be considered full encounters anymore than the rogue finding and disarming a simple trap would be. [/QUOTE]

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