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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5590992" data-attributes="member: 71571">Abstracted further, it means the marker is doing something that makes it harder to not attack him.  The punishment is separate to marking.  That represents the ability to react to an attack that isn't him, and doesn't always represent a physical reaction.  A paladin doesn't do -anything- to react, he simply has a prayer placed on the target.Of course he must, he has an ability that says he can retaliate.  It's no different than if the monster spent an action point, the defender can still react to that, regardless of how other actions were spent.  He just can't use that reaction more than once per round... that 'six second period' encapsulates the -round-, not the -turn-.Not really relevent to a rules argument, but that's fine, different tables do different things, and this isn't a huge deal worth raising an objection over at a table.  Most players with things like this have the decency to let the DM use his rule 0 as he sees fit.  That doesn't indicate that something is the RAW.  Yep.  The defender doesn't want a solo focusfiring on him, he shouldn't mark a solo.  It's similar to how if you don't want five enemies all wailing on you, don't mark all five enemies.This decision, of course, will change from round to round.At the end of the day, I prefer multi-attacks being treated distinctly.  The reasoning is very simple... if something mechanically inclines defenders to be a more capable combatant against certain solos, that means the player has a moment to shine.  It's no different than including a minionwavescramble for sorcerers to play with and shine in... or a fight where leaders have to leverage their powers to swing a battle from defeat to victory... or a fight where strikers get to go out and assassinate hard targets other characters can't reach.The game is better for having mechanical advantages for certain characters at certain times.</blockquote>

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