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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 5631458" data-attributes="member: 413">Two real world examples:&nbsp; I play and coach hockey.&nbsp; When a player is carrying the puck across the blue line into the offensive zone, the defenseman &quot;gaps up&quot;...that is, he establishes himself so that he is moving the same speed as and is proper distance in front of the puck carrier to allow him the best chance to stop the puck carrier from making a play that can result in a goal...this is marking.&nbsp; A second defenseman gapping up with the puck carrier would likely get in the way at worst...at best he would only provide marginally more protection...it is better from him to gap up on the next most threatening player, slightly toward the puck carrier.&nbsp; In melee combat, I can imagine a character focusing on a foe to disrupt him a bit in exactly the same manner.&nbsp; Multiple characters doing so would just interfere with each other or would have at best marginally higher impact, hence the no stacking...I also served as a soldier for 12 years in combat arms jobs (tanker and infantry).&nbsp; Soldiers are trained to &quot;take the initiative&quot;...that is to change the terms of the engagement to be more favorable to themselves to allow for maneuvering on and destroying the enemy while preventing the enemy from effectively firing on you...the most basic way to do this is for one soldier (or tank or fire team or whatever) to fire at an enemy position in order to suppress the enemy so that friendly soldiers (or tanks or fire teams or what have you) can move without being killed.&nbsp; This, again to me...is marking.If you can't imagine marking working like that, that's fine...but I can. ...in previous versions of D&amp;D the fighter could...swing his sword.&nbsp; Next round he could....swing his sword again...Don't get me wrong...I've loved every version so far and there is much I like about previous versions better than 4e.&nbsp; If you like another better than 4e, that's fine.&nbsp; I think it is great the enworld still have places for the older versions.&nbsp; And there is no reason you can't say you don't like this or that...but I'm not buying the dissociated stuff...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 5631458, member: 413"] Two real world examples: I play and coach hockey. When a player is carrying the puck across the blue line into the offensive zone, the defenseman "gaps up"...that is, he establishes himself so that he is moving the same speed as and is proper distance in front of the puck carrier to allow him the best chance to stop the puck carrier from making a play that can result in a goal...this is marking. A second defenseman gapping up with the puck carrier would likely get in the way at worst...at best he would only provide marginally more protection...it is better from him to gap up on the next most threatening player, slightly toward the puck carrier. In melee combat, I can imagine a character focusing on a foe to disrupt him a bit in exactly the same manner. Multiple characters doing so would just interfere with each other or would have at best marginally higher impact, hence the no stacking... I also served as a soldier for 12 years in combat arms jobs (tanker and infantry). Soldiers are trained to "take the initiative"...that is to change the terms of the engagement to be more favorable to themselves to allow for maneuvering on and destroying the enemy while preventing the enemy from effectively firing on you...the most basic way to do this is for one soldier (or tank or fire team or whatever) to fire at an enemy position in order to suppress the enemy so that friendly soldiers (or tanks or fire teams or what have you) can move without being killed. This, again to me...is marking. If you can't imagine marking working like that, that's fine...but I can. ...in previous versions of D&D the fighter could...swing his sword. Next round he could....swing his sword again...Don't get me wrong...I've loved every version so far and there is much I like about previous versions better than 4e. If you like another better than 4e, that's fine. I think it is great the enworld still have places for the older versions. And there is no reason you can't say you don't like this or that...but I'm not buying the dissociated stuff... [/QUOTE]

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