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<blockquote data-quote="Cruentus" data-source="post: 8690423" data-attributes="member: 7034645">I guess that's going to be a table by table thing.&nbsp; In the 5e game I ran, two characters got trapped in a tower, while two others got trapped outside the gatehouse (couldn't get into the tower due to the enemies).&nbsp; The two below were getting overwhelmed, the two on the tower decided to jump in the moat and high tail it out.&nbsp; The two inside were captured, the two outside planned the rescue while the captured were interrogated by the orcs, did some RP with other captured residents, and the rescue was on!&nbsp; Other times, we've sat around the table and said &quot;maybe we should run&quot;, if we had general agreement, then the game moved out of combat mode into &quot;strategic withdrawal&quot; or &quot;run pell mell&quot; mode, and the DM decided if the monsters pursued or not depending on their agenda, how much damage we had done to them, etc.&nbsp; I've been in the &quot;there is no way to get away from this&quot; when we've been so outnumbered, but never been unable to run when the party is getting the worst end of it, and they don't want to go down swinging (i.e. they choose to stay till the bitter end - which sometimes results in victory, I have to say).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cruentus, post: 8690423, member: 7034645"] I guess that's going to be a table by table thing. In the 5e game I ran, two characters got trapped in a tower, while two others got trapped outside the gatehouse (couldn't get into the tower due to the enemies). The two below were getting overwhelmed, the two on the tower decided to jump in the moat and high tail it out. The two inside were captured, the two outside planned the rescue while the captured were interrogated by the orcs, did some RP with other captured residents, and the rescue was on! Other times, we've sat around the table and said "maybe we should run", if we had general agreement, then the game moved out of combat mode into "strategic withdrawal" or "run pell mell" mode, and the DM decided if the monsters pursued or not depending on their agenda, how much damage we had done to them, etc. I've been in the "there is no way to get away from this" when we've been so outnumbered, but never been unable to run when the party is getting the worst end of it, and they don't want to go down swinging (i.e. they choose to stay till the bitter end - which sometimes results in victory, I have to say). [/QUOTE]

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