When to gain winning level in combat?

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by Clipper

Exactly. If you can't beat the total combat strength of a group of monsters, you need to run away from all of them, and running away means you can't get any levels nor treasure. You even have to run from the monster you could beat.

To clarify the last sentence: If you actually kill a monster but then have to flee the combat, you don't have to try to roll to Run Away from the monster you slew -- because it's dead -- but you don't get the rewards, either.

[Clipper]

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

To clarify the last sentence: If you actually kill a monster but then have to flee the combat, you don't have to try to roll to Run Away from the monster you slew -- because it's dead -- but you don't get the rewards, either.

I think it's also important to mention that the only way you can 'actually kill' a monster without winning the combat is via some sort of automatic kill provided by a card. Such as The Mighty Germ being killed by a Halfling, an Epic Orc munching a level 1 monster or using the Potion of Halitosis to kill the Floating Nose. The original question involved beating a creature with your bonuses alone, which seems impossible to do while still having time for other monsters to enter the combat.