The character gains experience points and items, and also encounters monsters.

Even though the characters encounter each other eventually, it is "not the same thing as actually kicking off a storyline together".

If a character encounters a problem, Squiglet draws an object to help them.

Unlike the normal game, characters cannot encounter one another in this variation.

The isolation is underscored by how seldom the characters encounter a white person.

The characters also encounter a maze within which are many traps.

The characters encounter a town under siege by goblins, a ruined city, and a lost valley.

Most characters encounter That Man at some point in their story paths.

But history represents real life, whether or not the characters encountered therein can serve as role models.

In the theater pieces, her characters often encounter grotesque reality of life.