Encounter (Asset)

Encounters are used to add enemies, NPCs, and custom rules to dungeon rooms.

If you want help creating a random exploration event, check out Creating an Exploration Event.

Field	Type	Default	Description
Label	String		A unique label for your encounter. Do not change a label after creation.
Description	String		A description to help you locate your encounter later. The description is only used in the ditor.
Friendly	Boolean	False	If not marked as friendly, combat will start when the encounter starts.
Proc Event	Boolean	False	Marks the encounter as a procedural event, used when you mark a room as having a procedural event. Note that if you specify procedural events in a Story, then only those will be included.
Once	Boolean	False	Only used in procedural events. When checked, the event will only trigger once per game.
Evt Weight	Float	1	Only used in procedural events. Increases or decreases the event's chance of being discovered.
Override game over	Boolean	False	When checked, prevents the players from being send back to the start of the dungeon and regenerated if they are defeated.
Start Text	String		Legacy. Outputs a string into the combat log when the encounter starts.
Respawn Time	Int	0	Used mainly for combat encounters that should respawn, such as beasts out in the field. Time is in game hours in seconds.
Difficulty Adjust	Int	0	Lets you adjust the difficulty. 1 = 100% more difficult, -0.5 = half as difficult.
Max players	Int	0	Max NPC templates to generate (minus Player NPCs). Use 0 for auto.
Ambient Music	Music		Sets ambient music. If left empty, dungeon room or dungeon music is used.
Combat Music	Music		Sets combat music. If left empty, dungeon room or dungeon music is used.
Players	Player		Adds NPCs.
Player Templates	Player Template		Adds player templates that can be generated when the encounter starts.
Wrappers	Wrapper		Adds wrappers to apply to players when the encounter starts.
Wrapper Mods	Wrapper Mod		Lets you modify the wrappers you apply. Such as number of stacks.
Passives	Wrapper		Wrappers that affect all players that match wrapper conditions while the encounter is active.
Conditions	Condition		Conditions for this encounter to start.
Start/Passive game actions	Game Action		Game actions to run when the encounter starts, and passives. Commonly used to link roleplays to encounters.
Event Bindings	Encounter Event		Lets you trigger game actions based on events.
Finish Game Actions	Game Action		Lets you trigger a game action when the encounter is finished (combat is won).
Player Conditions	Condition		Lets you add conditions for certain players to show up.