Gruns
Explorer
Defense!
Heh. Then again, if the Defender wants to Defend, he also does his job when the enemies mysteriously know about Combat Challenge, and never attack the friends in the first place!
I do see your point though, and I feel it's up to the DM to know what the players want and to feed them whatever they think is fun!
Yep. Likewise, I tend to play creatures that are known for their tactics (such as Hobgoblins) to be able to recognize a "defender" type of role in a party even if they've never seen the PCs before. To an extent. Ditto your thoughts on the unthinking types.
Later!
Gruns
Personally, I like my players to feel like their characters are awesome, and that actually argues for the monsters not knowing .. that way, they trip the character's class feature fairly frequently, and get zinged by it; the player of the defender feels like they're "doing their job", the monster is attacking with minuses, and the defender gets to do a bit of extra damage or coolness, depending on the class feature.
Heh. Then again, if the Defender wants to Defend, he also does his job when the enemies mysteriously know about Combat Challenge, and never attack the friends in the first place!
I do see your point though, and I feel it's up to the DM to know what the players want and to feed them whatever they think is fun!
Of course, a thinking creature, once bitten, is likely to adjust its tactics .. a recurring major bad guy with a long life is likely to have met a PC before .. and unthinking constructs, undead, and animals may never adapt to it.
Yep. Likewise, I tend to play creatures that are known for their tactics (such as Hobgoblins) to be able to recognize a "defender" type of role in a party even if they've never seen the PCs before. To an extent. Ditto your thoughts on the unthinking types.
Later!
Gruns