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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beholder Bob" data-source="post: 2344009" data-attributes="member: 12866">Ignore Foe:....each round you continue to ignored a foe inflicting damage to you, you suffer a -1 to hit and AC against foes you are not ignoring.I understand your view, though I feal the true argument against this is purely meta or game mechanics rather then realism.  Now, given that, I'd be hard pressed to argue DnD is a 'realistic' combat system.  Despite that, I find the idea of summoning a celestial badger to flank a 19th level fighter an abysmal side effect, one I feal obligated to rectify.  If I faced a man armed with a chainsaw and an angry cat, I'd not care a whit if the cat attached itself to my spine - I'd focus on not letting the man count the rings after yelling timber!  The problem comes in - what happens if foes represent a credible threat, but a lopsided one.  A fighter and rogue - ignore the rogue, rcv a sneak attack, turn your back on the fighter, find out what a maxed out power attack can do.  Also - ignoring a foe also means you no longer threaten them - they can freely trip, grapple, disarm, and wedgie you to hearts content.  The concentration idea sounds good at first - till you realize only spell casters would have the moxy to ignore a deadly threats in melee!  Perhaps I should make the penalty cumulative - it keeps tripping you up until you spend a round to wack the guy dancing behind you.  HmmmmB<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />B</blockquote>

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