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<blockquote data-quote="Humanophile" data-source="post: 179418" data-attributes="member: 1049">The only time not to use status quo encounters is if you're plopping the party into some random dungeon, and the whole night has a beer&amp;pretzels feel to it.&nbsp; Other than that, status quo encounters only kill the party if the party decides to turn it into a fight.&nbsp; (OK, you'll have to metagame a little here, but any DM knows that you don't put the party against something they can't kill without giving them an out.&nbsp; If the encounter is too big for them to handle, they can try to talk to it, hide from it, flee it, bribe it, or just not approach in the first place.)Besides, having only encounters keyed to the party leads to the power level ramping up at about their pace, not really letting them enjoy the benefits of levelling up.&nbsp; Sometimes it's nice for epic heros to put the fear of god into some orcs, other times it's nice for midlevel characters to build a grudge that they fufill at higher levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Humanophile, post: 179418, member: 1049"] The only time not to use status quo encounters is if you're plopping the party into some random dungeon, and the whole night has a beer&pretzels feel to it. Other than that, status quo encounters only kill the party if the party decides to turn it into a fight. (OK, you'll have to metagame a little here, but any DM knows that you don't put the party against something they can't kill without giving them an out. If the encounter is too big for them to handle, they can try to talk to it, hide from it, flee it, bribe it, or just not approach in the first place.) Besides, having only encounters keyed to the party leads to the power level ramping up at about their pace, not really letting them enjoy the benefits of levelling up. Sometimes it's nice for epic heros to put the fear of god into some orcs, other times it's nice for midlevel characters to build a grudge that they fufill at higher levels. [/QUOTE]

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