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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HoboGod" data-source="post: 5264034" data-attributes="member: 90920">This question is forked from another discussion. What factors should a DM consider when developing a fair way to decide who and how a monster attacks the monster is the one who ambushes?As I see it, there are 7 factors to consider:1) Number of Monsters2) Alignment 3) Mindless or Not5) Skills4) Intelligence5) Wisdom6) Type and SubtypeIf the monsters are not mindless, my general approach is that if the monsters outnumber the players, they'll attack every player as evenly as possible to avoid letting the players develop a plan. If the monsters are evil, they may try to make use of hostages. Skills like spot, hide, and move silently may give them certain advantages in setting a trap.The most important factors are the last three. It's assumed that the monster will want to get rid of the most dangerous first or outright slaughter them from weakest to strongest. My opinion is that the closer in type to their prey, the better they'll be able to attack the party. Intelligence and Wisdom follow next in importance. If the monster is facing a party of humanoids, they must be humanoids to tell important details of who and what these adventurers may be. For non-humanoids, ranks in knowledge religion would sniff out the cleric, ranks in knowledge arcana would sniff out the wizard, ranks in knowledge nature would sniff out the druid... and so on, so on.How do others read monster entries?</blockquote>

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