Marked Advantage?

[Baumi]

"Marking" seems quite common and while the Classes have their advantages described, most monsters have not.

Does anyone know if there is some default effect from "marked"?

Here are two Monsters who have the ability to mark but no description of it's advantage...

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Hobgoblin Soldier Level 3 Soldier
Medium natural humanoid (goblin) XP 150
Initiative: +7 Senses +3; low-light vision
HP 47; Bloodied 23
AC 20 (22 with phalanx soldier); Fortitude 18, Reflex 16, Will 16
Speed 5

Flail (standard; at-will) • Weapon +7 vs. AC; 1d10+4 damage, the target is slowed until the end of the hobgoblin soldier’s next turn, and the target is marked until the end of the hobgoblin soldier’s next turn.

Formation Strike (standard; at-will) • Weapon Requires Flail; +7 vs. AC; 1d10+4 damage, and the hobgoblin soldier shifts one square provided it ends in a space adjacent to another hobgoblin.

Hobgoblin Resilience (immediate reaction, when a hobgoblin suffers an effect a save can end; encounter) The hobgoblin soldier makes an immediate save against the effect. Phalanx Soldier The hobgoblin soldier gains a +2 bonus to AC while at least one hobgoblin ally is adjacent to it

Alignment Evil Languages Common, Goblin
Skills: Athletics +12, Stealth +10
Str 19 (+5) Dex 14 (+3) Wis 14 (+3) Con 15 (+3) Int 11 (+1) Cha 10 (+1)
Equipment Scale armor, heavy shield, flail

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Human Guard Level 1 Soldier
Medium natural humanoid XP 100
Initiative + 4 Senses Perception +5 HP 31; Bloodied 15
AC 16; Fortitude 14, Reflex 13, Will 12 Speed 5

Halberd (standard; at-will) • Weapon Reach 2; +8 vs. AC; 1d10+2 damage, and the target is marked until the end of the human guard’s next turn.

Powerful Strike (standard, recharge 5,6) • Weapon Requires Halberd; Reach 2; +8 vs. AC; 1d10+6 damage, and the target is knocked prone.

Crossbow (standard; at-will) • Weapon Range 15/30; +7 vs. AC 1d8+1 damage

Alignment Any Languages Common
Skills: Streetwise +5
Str 15 (+2) Dex 14 (+2) Wis 11 (+0) Con 15 (+2) Int 10 (+0) Cha 12 (+1)
Equipment chainmail, crossbow, halberd, 20 bolts

 

[Nymrohd]

The -2 to attack other creatures when marked is universal I think.

 

[Lizard]

At a guess, I'd say there is a generic 'marked' condition, maybe 'Target suffers a -2 if they attack any other target' or the like, with other powers building on that.

 

[Majoru Oakheart]

"Marking" seems quite common and while the Classes have their advantages described, most monsters have not.

Marked is a status effect that gives the Marked creature -2 to hit any target except the one that Marked it.

 

[Baumi]

Ahhh ... THX!

But I have a follow up attackquestion: Do you mark your enemy only on a hit or also on a miss?

 

[Cadfan]

How you mark your target is spelled out in each mark. For the Fighter, you have to hit. For most monsters, it says in their description that they have to hit. But for the Paladin, its an automatic thing for at least one of his marks, since that one is magic instead of physical.

 

[Nymrohd]

Consistency would imply that you only mark on a hit, else all the other ", and" effects would also happen on a miss (knocking someone prone with an attack that missed is silly).

 

[Baumi]

Man, you guys are FAST! THX!

 

[Crashy75]

How you mark your target is spelled out in each mark. For the Fighter, you have to hit. For most monsters, it says in their description that they have to hit. But for the Paladin, its an automatic thing for at least one of his marks, since that one is magic instead of physical.

Combat Challenge (when you attack you may mark the enemy, giving a -2 to attack targets other than you, only one mark per enemy, new mark supersedes old one)

Bold mine. This seems to imply that you can mark your opponent regardless of whether you hit or not.

 

[zoroaster100]

Does marking an opponent also mean that the opponent can no longer safely shift away without proving an attack of opportunity? Or is that some kind of additional Fighter power over and above marking.