Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8094916" data-attributes="member: 6801845">So a creature with a 6 intelligence is going to use tactics similar to a creature with a 20?&nbsp; A genius+ level creature in a hostile world is going to have better defenses.&nbsp; An ogre is going to rush in, yell something about &quot;me smash&quot; because that's always worked with the goblins they dominate.&nbsp; A lich is virtually always going to have superior tactics and plansA genius level intellect that knows enemies are about to attack will have countermeasures even if they don't know the specific enemy.&nbsp; We're talking monsters here, creatures that live or die by using their intellect to defeat threats, not a physics professor.&nbsp; On the other hand if Einstein (a level 0 commoner in D&amp;D terms) did have to defend themselves and knew there was an imminent threat then yes, I would expect he may have come up with ingenious defenses your average Joe may not.Last, but not least, the genius level enemy that is always one step ahead is a common trope.&nbsp; &nbsp; Of course not all opponents (even intelligent ones) will be tactical geniuses.&nbsp; But when I want to have one that is, I think it is fair they would have set up contingencies that I did not think of.&nbsp; On the other hand I tend to have better tactics than my players (particularly true of my current group no matter how much fun they are) but monsters should not be that proficient depending on a variety of factors, intelligence being one of those.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8094916, member: 6801845"] So a creature with a 6 intelligence is going to use tactics similar to a creature with a 20? A genius+ level creature in a hostile world is going to have better defenses. An ogre is going to rush in, yell something about "me smash" because that's always worked with the goblins they dominate. A lich is virtually always going to have superior tactics and plans A genius level intellect that knows enemies are about to attack will have countermeasures even if they don't know the specific enemy. We're talking monsters here, creatures that live or die by using their intellect to defeat threats, not a physics professor. On the other hand if Einstein (a level 0 commoner in D&D terms) did have to defend themselves and knew there was an imminent threat then yes, I would expect he may have come up with ingenious defenses your average Joe may not. Last, but not least, the genius level enemy that is always one step ahead is a common trope. Of course not all opponents (even intelligent ones) will be tactical geniuses. But when I want to have one that is, I think it is fair they would have set up contingencies that I did not think of. On the other hand I tend to have better tactics than my players (particularly true of my current group no matter how much fun they are) but monsters should not be that proficient depending on a variety of factors, intelligence being one of those. [/QUOTE]

Verification