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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 5061585" data-attributes="member: 16019">Let me set this straight once and for all. NOBODY IS COMPELLED TO ATTACK SOMEONE WHO IS MARKING THEM. I don't care what class the marker is, or what abilities or feats they have, MARKING IS 100% A CHOICE. If you get marked by a Fighter, you are under NO obligation WHATSOEVER to attack him. Whether you're intelligent or unintelligent, you can choose to COMPLETELY IGNORE THE MARK each and every time it happens.But the effects of the Mark still apply.It's like saying, "My character is tough. He should be able to choose not to be intimidated by the Wizard's Fireball." Yes, that's true. He doesn't need to be intimidated by it at all. He DOES, however, still take the damage, regardless of how "tough" you think he is, and regardless of how intelligent or stalwart he is, he still goes down at 0 HP.The Fighter's Mark is the same way. In NO WAY WHATSOEVER is it a compulsion, magical or otherwise. It tells the Marked foe, "If I attack the Rogue, I take a penalty to hit and may get whacked. If I attack the Fighter, I don't get a penalty OR get whacked, but I don't get to attack the person I want to attack." It's 100% a choice. It's up to the DM whether he follows the mark or not- it's always a tactical decision. Sometimes the penalty of ignoring a mark are worth taking, sometimes they're not. If a DM plays every monster as attacking the marker under any circumstances no matter what, then he's doing it wrong.</blockquote>

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