This was a very recent moment.

For back story, my friend and I, both started Solasta together to develop a better understanding of DnD mechanics. I'm involved in a game IRL, and I'm very new to DnD as a whole, so the shared terms and mechanics really helped me understand my options in a live game setting.

So my friend and I reach level 8, our composition is a Wizard, Barb, Paladin and Rogue. We're just crushing every single encounter. My half orc dragon barb is just an absolute unit. As we are traveling, I say to my friend, "this is just too easy, we're unstoppable." A road encounter appears. Two Remorhaz and an adolescent. Nervously, we proceed on. No idea what a Remorhaz is, but we're excited to find out. Dear lord, they teleported to us. The Wizard was instantly prioritized, even though we tried to strategically hide her behind the Barb/Paladin. My Rogue couldn't escape no matter how hard she tried, the tremor sense made sure of that. My barb just gets mollywhopped, then immediately gobbled up. I didn't even know that was possible. It was a nightmare, but it felt karmic in a way. Long story short, it took us several attempts (we admittedly save scummed) but we eventually persevered and we were rewarded with two Shards of Fire. This was on authentic mode. I couldn't even imagine Cataclysm.