[Meta Thread] Dragonstrike's Pokerole Test Game: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

This encounter is designed for the whole group to be tackled all at once, yes.  It's part of the challenge in this specific encounter.

The snowshrews are indeed dispersed like that, actually.  Because you guys are all bunched up like this, that means you can either focus on the groups that are immediately in front of your characters or assist other characters as necessary if you're confident you can stomach some hits from your own group of enemies.

It also means that AOE attack hit EVERYONE, which is a big, big wrench in anything when it comes to trying to split up the encounter into separate battles should an AOE move be used.

Then so be it. If that's the way it is, that's the way it is. Still think things could be made more manageable/convenient for us without compromising or ruining your Encounter or your intent with it, but you seem disinclined against the idea so I'll drop it for now.

Ran will only deal with his group, in that case. His priority is his and his own partner's safety, and he expects the others can take care of themselves from what he's seen/heard from/about them. He'll only help out the others when he takes care of his group.

They could be banned for Group Combat Encounters case by case, unless everyone's fine with them potentially disrupting their plans if they are going to be used? I'm fine with that concession, if it means GCEs go by faster and it causes less issues with among us players.