Encounter
Encounter noun - A brief clash between enemies or rivals.
Location and encounter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Location" instead a noun "Encounter".
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
How words are described
| close | close encounter | close location |
| special | special encounter | special location |
| particular | particular encounter | particular location |
| similar | similar encounter | similar location |
| Other adjectives: specific, fixed, original, proper, single, actual, entire, real, dangerous, new, major, possible, mysterious, next, strange, last, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Worse, if you leave the map and have to backtrack later, every encounter is respawned in the exact same location.
Source: Preexisting Encounters -
It's possible for an intrepid party of Rangers to encounter a trio of them early on in the (completely optional) Abandoned Railway location.
Source: Video Game / Wasteland 2 -
They actually mildly subvert this in that you'll encounter them anywhere in numbers of about one or two per battle, but the location where you encounter nothing but them (usually in groups of five to seven) is near-inaccessible.
Source: Metal Slime
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