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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6951815" data-attributes="member: 15700">Here's the problem.&nbsp; This is fundamentally flawed.&nbsp; Whether or not a monster/bad guy is aware of tricks by opponents has nothing to do with the level or power or it or the party, but the monster's intelligence and experience.&nbsp; A moderately intelligent CR 1/8 creature/NPC will know that tougher looking opponents are more dangerous and have more options available to them.&nbsp; Conversely, a very low INT CR15 creature won't have a clue because it doesn't have the mental capacity to recognize such things.&nbsp; Therefore, it's not up the designer to hard code in reactions into monsters for every possible level appropriate PC that monster might face.&nbsp; For one, that's your job as the DM because every table of players have different &quot;tricks' they may or may not use and only you, not the designers, know your table.&nbsp; Secondly, &quot;level appropriate' is not nearly as important in 5e with bounded accuracy.&nbsp; CR1 monsters are still effective against higher level PCs depending on who they are used.Maybe so for you, but then don't create a thread presenting your experience as a poor game design problem when it's you who is intentionally neutering the abilities of the bad guys so the players always win.We've already established how it's entirely possible to have long running heroic encounters, but your playstyle is what's preventing that by effectively neutering the bad guys in your OP's example.&nbsp; That's on you, not WotC, so there's nothing for them to solve.&nbsp; WoTC can't solve individual player's problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6951815, member: 15700"] Here's the problem. This is fundamentally flawed. Whether or not a monster/bad guy is aware of tricks by opponents has nothing to do with the level or power or it or the party, but the monster's intelligence and experience. A moderately intelligent CR 1/8 creature/NPC will know that tougher looking opponents are more dangerous and have more options available to them. Conversely, a very low INT CR15 creature won't have a clue because it doesn't have the mental capacity to recognize such things. Therefore, it's not up the designer to hard code in reactions into monsters for every possible level appropriate PC that monster might face. For one, that's your job as the DM because every table of players have different "tricks' they may or may not use and only you, not the designers, know your table. Secondly, "level appropriate' is not nearly as important in 5e with bounded accuracy. CR1 monsters are still effective against higher level PCs depending on who they are used. Maybe so for you, but then don't create a thread presenting your experience as a poor game design problem when it's [i]you[/i] who is intentionally neutering the abilities of the bad guys so the players always win. We've already established how it's entirely possible to have long running heroic encounters, but [i]your[/i] playstyle is what's preventing that by effectively neutering the bad guys in your OP's example. That's on you, not WotC, so there's nothing for them to solve. WoTC can't solve individual player's problems. [/QUOTE]

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