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.