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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5397399" data-attributes="member: 82106">Yes, you can use the same at-will power twice if you use an AP, so the dragon could Bite, AP, Bite for instance. In general monsters follow the same rules as PCs. They are all technically 'creatures' and most of the basic combat mechanics rules apply to all creatures identically. The 3 main differences I know of between a PC and a monster are that monsters can use an unlimited number of APs in a single encounter, PCs can only use one. PCs can take the Second Wind action, monsters can't. Monsters die at 0 hit points, PCs get death saving throws. As for the double attack type powers, they are perfectly useful. In the case of the example dragon it has a choice during its turn of using Bite, Claw, or Double Attack (or presumably other powers if available). Normally a red dragon in melee would probably choose to use its double claw attack, but if it wants to do max damage to one target it might choose to bite instead. As an OA it would have a choice of basic attacks, so it would probably bite, but it would have the option to claw.It is true, there are many monsters that have basic attacks or other attack routines they would not use very often. There are always corner cases though. ALMOST all monsters at least have a melee basic attack for doing OAs or say if it is an artillery monster it might use its melee attack powers to avoid provoking. With a few monsters there is no real good reason for them to use a particular power and we can assume it is there more for completeness than anything else. Even so it is an RPG and some strange situation could come up that encourages a monster to do something that is normally not optimal or prevent it from using its more optimal powers.I suspect what you'll see is that with MM3 and MV monsters there are less of these kinds of powers around. MM1 monsters in general are OK but they aren't as cleverly designed as the newer ones.</blockquote>

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