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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 4323340" data-attributes="member: 5889">This question came up in my group.We all know that creatures instantly know when a power is being used on them. So if the paladin uses his mark, a creature would know, because that's a power.However, a fighter's mark is not a power, its a class ability. The DM finally ruled being marked is a condition, and since players would always want to know what conditions were placed on them, that a monster would know its marked and suffer a -2 to attack any other creature other than the fighter.Fair enough we said, but wait there's more. The fighter's combat challenge is a special bonus against marked targets, the ability to hit them if they attack some one else or if they shift. This is once again a class ability, and is not a standard part of the "marked condition". We couldn't find any clause in the book that would indicate a monster would know what was about to befall them should they shift past the fighter.So should monsters generally be shifting past the fighter every combat, taking that initial hit, and then wising up...or is there some clause we missed that would indicate a monster knows what the fighter can do?</blockquote>