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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5742691" data-attributes="member: 19675">It wasn't merely the fact of the foes planning, it was the particular details.  After a certain point, the ambushers were using an arsenal of items that should have bankrupted SOMEBODY.That's when the fight got taken to their leader.No, because he still has other spells; he still has items.He just ranked a melee attack from the likes of monks less of a threat than a barrage of magic from a known foe who repeatedly attacked him.  To do otherwise would mark him as a fool, and a dead one at that.So he devotes his 6th and 4th level slots to fending off the entirely expected.  He still has 1-3rd and 5th level spells.  Perhaps he's even got a Metamagic rod of Quicken spell...Look at it this way, if you're planning on wandering around in Grizzly Bear territory right after several reported attacks, you will make sure you're prepared as possible to deal with Grizzly Bears.  But just because you are maximally prepared for Grizzly Bears doesn't mean you are unprepared for dealing with Wolves.  If you're smart, you're not ONLY prepared for Grizzly Bears- Some of the same tactics will be effective, and some won't be.  Because of that, you'll have other tactics and resources designed to deal with more generalized threats.Actually, go back over the thread, and you'll find the allies thing pops up repeatedly in his posts, such as when he said:Or from the original post:He's clearly talking about the Monk going after the Wizard in the context of one or both of them having allies- he expects the Monk to be able to get to the Wiz and kill him solo, with nobody being able to stop him.</blockquote>

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