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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 1812664" data-attributes="member: 1368">How many of you, as DM's, use random encounters, especially when your PC's are in the wilderness?I never use random encounters. If the players are having an encounter it is for a reason. either to illustrate what sort of territory they are in or provide them with a challenge or rewards. Or just cause I think it would be cool. I like to prep my stuff in advance. On occasion I might roll on a random chart to help inspire something different. This mainly serves to keep me out of a rut of running the same sort of encounters. This is more a tool than something I abide by.How many of you, as players, know your DM's use random encounters?The Gm I am playing under now rolls for random encounters but I am pretty sure he generates his own tables for certain areas/terrain.Do you enjoy them either way? Or do they bore you and make the game dull?I enjoy them either way. I don't worry so much about how the encounter is generated since a good GM will discard encounters that make no to little sense and let the tables inspire not control them.Do you, as a DM or player, believe that using random encounters makes you or your DM a "bad" DM?Not in the least bit are they "Bad" Gm's for using a table. There are several reason's to do so - Avoiding falling in a rut of what types of encounters to use; To inspire; To save prep time (some people have lives as well); Becuase that's what you want to do. I think the only "Bad" gm is one who lets the tables decide without considering game inpact and believability. Later</blockquote>

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