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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 7652772" data-attributes="member: 17106">All my encounters are premade, often months or years before the session. However, they are not purpose-built, meaning that I do not always know which combination of creatures I will use, or when, or what I will use them for exactly.So it depends on one's definition of "random". I won't roll on a table to see what the party encounters. However, I will sometimes throw in an encounter with no real plot-driving purpose, simply to get in some combat or get rid of some old stats.To me, the goal is making the world feel natural. On one hand, this means that I don't use monsters out of the book and need to prepare them in advance. It's very important to sell the notion of each creature being an individual with slightly different statistics, rather than a faceless minion. Conversely, it's also important to sell the notion that encounters just happen randomly, rather than being part of a tailored game experience. That's how I get to where I am.</blockquote>