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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Runestar" data-source="post: 4560041" data-attributes="member: 72317">I don't think it is entirely true to claim that a marked enemy is going to want to target the fighter exclusively over and above other PCs. True, he has incentive, because he receives a penalty if he doesn't, but to say that he will attack only the fighter seems a little too ....If the party fighter was badly injured, I as a DM, am still going to have my BBEG target the fighter in an attempt to push him over the edge and finish him off, mark or no mark. The drawbacks of being marked is just a pitiful -2 to-hit and possible a little radiant damage (if you are a paladin), I don't see why my npc would suddenly want to target someone else, even if he is not marked. The fighter is certainly no less viable of a target...Perhaps you are correct to say that a lasting mark can become a liability under certain conditions, but I personally think that it is generally more of a boon. So in the long run, the fighter should still be better off (eg: it is useful in say, 7/10 of encounters, and a drawback in 3/10, so you still come out ahead). A fighter's job is to tank, after all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>