Lose 2 levels even if you escape.

[Nerftw]

Originally Posted by Kirt

Andrew ruled here that "If you die, you do not suffer ANY negative effects from monsters you haven't yet tried to run away from."

I would have laughed hysterically if you had linked to his actual post in this thread that says the same thing.

[Kirt]

Originally Posted by Nerftw

I would have laughed hysterically if you had linked to his actual post in this thread that says the same thing.

In this post, Andrew answered a question about "lose 2 levels even if you escape".
ArcadianRefugee followed this up by asking about a situation where "...lose 2 Levels if they fail to defeat it, even if they escape"

In this post, Andrew said "By dying to Asmodeus, she never had to try to Run Away from the wraith." In the post that I linked to, Andrew said "If you die, you do not suffer ANY negative effects from monsters you haven't yet tried to run away from." (i.e. negative effects that are not Bad Stuff, that will occur even if you successfully run away).

I considered them separate but related issues at the time I made the post.

However, reviewing the FAQ definition of defeat,
""defeating" a monster involves beating it in combat or removing it from play in such a way that you do not have to Run Away,"
I would have to admit that "lose 2 levels even if you escape" and "...lose 2 Levels if they fail to defeat it, even if they escape" mean exactly the same thing and thus my post was indeed redundant.

My apologies.

[Nerftw]

I wasn't intending to chastise you, sorry if it came off that way. I just found it amusing that I was expecting that link to go straight to the post in this thread.