Encounter builder includes non-combat encounter support
As it's still in development, I'm not sure if this is already part of the plan, but I would like to see sections for recording the non-combat elements of an encounter, such as ability checks with their DCs and the potential outcomes of making/not making them, rewards the group might find, NPCs the players might interact with, etc.
Ideally I'd also like boxes for things like descriptive text (similar to the boxes of text to be read in Lost Mines of Phandelver). These could integrate with the eventually planned DM screen to give the DM all the information they need to run the encounter without having to leave a page.
To start, this could essentially be accomplished with a pop-up or fly-over that just had a big editable text box, but it would be nice to see support for the individual pieces of an encounter.
This helps support all 3 pillars of adventuring (Combat, Exploration, Social Interaction) equally, and gives DM's that are better at creating content ahead of time than off-the-cuff the ability to access their preparation without having to bounce back and forth between different tools.
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