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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 9611148" data-attributes="member: 6698278">This whole debate is why I try to come up with close order action drills for all the enemies ahead of time.  I make the instructions appropriate to the intelligence and abilities of the monsters.  This helps me to guard against any bias.  If the players come up with a really innovative way to overcome the enemy I don't retrofit in something else.In the case of an alarm spell, it is almost certain to work well enough against a pack of orcs or goblins at first level.  If though, they are on the run from some enemy with a lot of magical power (and at higher levels this is a lot of them), then they should expect some challenge to their alarm.  So at higher levels, my players would employ a lot more defenses than just an alarm spell if they even used it.</blockquote>