Chris Bissette: "Wrote a little blog post about why you should be using surprise/reactions/distance with your encounter tables. It contains the best encounter table I've ever written." Agree (cohost.org)

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[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

First thing you need to realise is that's it's random encounters, not random combat.
It's an opportunity for some role play, for establishing the setting, for dishing out adventure related info, etc.
If you're only using the concept for more combat, then yes, I wouldn't see the point either.

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