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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pickles JG" data-source="post: 6469394" data-attributes="member: 61501">Well it is a tactical wargame on some level & on that level focus firing & protecting the squishies are the most fundamental tactics. There is also the idea you hit the target with the greatest ratio of damage output to survivability.Honest question how do you avoid this?It's easy to play monsters dumb & random but players will obviously focus fire as much as they can. I usually try to have smart monsters do similar & of course pack hunters naturally pick on the weakest member of a herd & try to bring it down together. Marks & similar in 4e went some way to mitigating the issue but that solution is even more abstract. Other stickiness rules & making firing into melee punitive also counter this as ranged attackers are the most capable focusers. I also usually target "bloodied" characters before fresh ones if given the chance. Typically you have to play dragons & similar  well within their capabilities or they will just kite you with repeated breath weapons as Jester points out or some other frustrating tactic.</blockquote>