There is a rule in the 3rd Edition which I don't remember being in the 2nd one when I used to play it as a child. Basically, when you come up against 2 or more enemies, then you must combine their strength and roll 1 die to add to that total strength, and you fight them as one enemy rather than individually (however, the rules don't state how you handle more than one enemy if one uses strength and the other craft- I do fight them separately in that instance).

Anyway, I was wondering if the same rule is there in the 4th Edition, or do you fight enemies individually?

This rule still applies to 4th edition. See page 10 of the Rulebook, paragraph "More Than One Enemy".

Thanks. So, to be clear, if you draw 3 adventure cards- one with a strength score and two with craft, you choose which you want to fight first- the one strength in a battle or the two craft in psychic combat combined as one enemy- correct? Should that be the players choice as to who they fight first?

The only exception, from what I can tell, is the middle square where you roll the dice to see how many enemies you need to fight (you fight them one after the other), correct?

wastedyuthe said:

No,

First you must fight the strength enemies, and after that the craft enemies.

You must still follow the encounter proces by number.

So.. if you draw 1 strength enemie and 2 craft enemies, then you fight the strength enemie first and after that, you fight the 2 craft enemies together

I think my "best" is still Str 17 at Hidden Valley, 2x Dragon, 1x Bear (all in the same draw as well ). Yeah, that space never saw action again that game.

Thank you very much for clarifying Velhart- that makes perfect sense.

Dam, that sounds like a nasty space! That's worse than the Dragon King strength of 12 at the end of the 3rd Edition!

wastedyuthe said:

One of the first games after adding Reaper, very early on in a game, someone went to the Ruins, standard Outer Region card-hoarding spot. Except he draw 2 Str 5 creatures. Mid- to late-game Str 10 isn't by any means anything too formidable, but when it's in the first 5 turns...