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Message: <blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 4409149" data-attributes="member: 43019">That would be why I said 'without provoking'. You can indeed take a second move action to move away, giving it yet another chance to attack.It's entirely possible it may not be obvious that the wizard is the source of their problems, absolutely, but it's just as likely that it is and you're doing a disservice to the entire animal kingdom if you think that hunting animals have no ability to react to situations due to a low intelligence score.They're not skeletons reanimated with no brains - there are actual tactics that people base off of the hunting skills and instincts of animals. Or whatever appears to be the weakest / most fragile target. That's pretty standard hunting technique. An armor covered foe with a large weapon is probably their last preferred target from a hunting standpoint.... their very first instinctive target, if they're attacking from ambush. Which is not necessarily the case, but wild creatures ambushing is not an atypical situation and can quickly result in death or even TPK on a low level party due to how off balance needlefangs are.Even drakes attacking stupidly can still easily TPK enemies if they get a chance to act first - it's very trivial for two of them to move up into a frontline and take out both a leader and defender standing next to each other before they act between the 3 combined attacks.Drakes can be perfectly decent creatures, they're just not level 2 as designed. They do far too much damage for their accuracy, role, defenses, and special abilities. They're easily on par with 4th level creatures and there are 6th level creatures that will often be less effective.</blockquote>

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