At the very heart of the BrowserQuests™ role-playing game (RPG) engine is the encounter, a unique time and place when and where the adventuring party confronts some sort of challenge and must resolve that challenge. A typical encounter involves the confrontation of potential enemies which must be defeated in combat, but many, MANY other possible encounters are possible (buying items in a town shop, listening for rumors within a tavern, searching for traps within an underground lair, speaking a password to gain entrance to a thieve's guild, etc.). Encounters are normally associated with a particular quest and many must be resolved in order to further that quest.
Subjects involving encounters include: