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=== Encounter === | === Encounter === | ||
:* '''AKA:''' [[Combat]], [[Skill Challenge]], [[Environmental Effects]] | :* '''AKA:''' [[Combat]], [[Skill Challenge]], [[Environmental Effects]] | ||
: An Encounter is a significant game interaction, that carries elements of risk, and can generate rewards. The most common encounters are combats, followed by Skill Challenges and Environmental effects, and whenever the GM decides that Something Big Happened. | |||
: In Epic Path, most encounters are fights. IE, you and your allies meet a group of bad guys, roll an initiative roll, and work your way through the combat process. One entire battle is termed an 'encounter'. | : In Epic Path, most encounters are fights. IE, you and your allies meet a group of bad guys, roll an initiative roll, and work your way through the combat process. One entire battle is termed an 'encounter'. | ||