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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psikerlord#" data-source="post: 7452484" data-attributes="member: 93321">One of the critical things 5e is missing is a formal and transparent party retreat rule, to (i) make fleeing an explicit and understood option, (ii) get players out of a bind mid-combat when they go in too reckless/get caught out, and (iii) most important of all, to free GMs from the shackles of balanced encounters. <a href="http://dndhackersguild.weebly.com/blog/party-retreat-rule" target="_blank">http://dndhackersguild.weebly.com/blog/party-retreat-rule</a>DND cyclopedia has a retreat rule section, and up to about 2e I think, maybe 1e, there was the Monster Reaction table, which actually had approx only 25% of hostile (ie most monsters weren't itching for a straight up fight). These 2 rules in combo removed the need for balanced encounters, but just the retreat rule will do, ime. Both of these rules were gone by 3e, which was a huge mistake in hindsight. Huge mistake. I dont know why the devs removed them, but I'd like to know their reasoning, if anyone has any insights.#Gameplay>Story#HooksNotPlots#PrepToImprovise</blockquote>