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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4558600" data-attributes="member: 63763">Does he have threatening reach? If not, he has a reason to want to get close.  He may also have a melee weapon. He may be able to provide a flank. If you are about to pass out, he has to be next to you to coup de gras. The more enemies that surround you, the less chance YOU have to run away. It may not be advantageous for him on his own, but if all the nearby enemies are surrounding you, they can box you in and keep you from moving, because of a lot of OAs, and perhaps even not giving you any places to move to. This applies to most of the rest, so I'll only go with the exceptions.  He seems to be having a hard time running away if he's within range of the power. Also, his reason for running away might also be a reason to try to finish the fighter off when the fighter seems to be on the brink of dropping.  In addition to the above, the warlock has access to some close powers. Not to mention, warlocks often have the ability to teleport away, so they could get in close, give someone a flank, and then pop away without worrying about getting away from the sticky fighter.  A purple fungus cannot shift. The power does not SLIDE. It does not PULL. It forces the opponent to shift. It gives someone WITH THE ABILITY TO MOVE enough movement/speed to be able to shift 2 squares, even though most can only shift 1. Since a purple fungus can't move, it can't shift, and thus "fails" to shift towards the fighter.   If you can see the aboleth (a requirement of the power) it can concievably see you as well. Since the aboleth is an enemy/involved in a fight with you, it does want to fight you. Heck, it wants to get in close and get a flank to get free attacks because of combat advantage, not to mention the closer it is, the more it's aura is beneficial because the fighter would be very unlikely to get out of the aura while next to the aboleth. Other aboleth might prefer ranged attacks, but they all have auras and close attacks that can be advantageous in moving next to the fighter.  On invisible and silenced: MOST invisibility spells would involve you becoming visible when you attack. Also, monsters can "find" you while invisible using their perception against stealth. If you deliberately failed your stealth, they would be able to find the fighter. In the case of invisible and silenced ... you may drop something that becomes visible because it's no longer on your person, or you may emit some odour to let creatures with scent find you. By "giving away" your position, the enemies try to swarm around you and thus box you in and keep you in place, because then it's easier to attack you since they know where you are. On sleeping foes: Sleeping foes can't move, see fungus.</blockquote>

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