What do you do when an encounter is too hard/easy?

[StalkingBlue]

Last night in Midnight we had a 'too hard' fight - my brash Fighter PC totally underestimated the power of an enemy Channeler (mage-type) backed up by orcs in a defensible location - we got Webbed, Colour Sprayed & stunned, Held by the enemy Legate (Cleric) etc. It was a military disaster - my PC only survived for now by surrendering (which kept an incapacitated PC from being CDGed), while the other 2 PCs fled.

Yup.

It was a great battle though.

Glad you thought so.

I agree, not only because it was a great battle in itself but because of what it brought out in PCs and players. Stand and fight or run? Stay and allow yourself to be taken captive, or flee risking a CDG by the bad guys on your unconscious ally? There was some wonderful roleplaying going on, and we now have a great and fabulous mess to work with.