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<blockquote data-quote="neg" data-source="post: 307628" data-attributes="member: 4431">Okay let me qualify this by saying I have been a player for many more years than I was a DM, and I have blocked all my DM experience from memory.&nbsp; However, I do want to get a sense of people's feelings on this issue:I have a DM that will almost always roll a 50% die to see what character a monster will attack, if two or more characters are in range.&nbsp; Doesn't matter the situation, the monster will attack one character one round, another character another round, and maybe return to attack the first character on the third round, or attack someone else completely.&nbsp; I have seen a great many DM's do this.My question is do many of your DM's do it?&nbsp; If you were a fairly intelligent monster (and DM) wouldn't you want to concentrate and eliminate the enemy?&nbsp; Why allow randomness to play a part?Does this measure a certain amount of Rat Bastardness in a DM?Or are DM's letting players off easy at times, or more often then not?&nbsp; Do we short change encounters this way?&nbsp; How would this affect CR?&nbsp; I would love to hear opinions from players and DM's alike.&nbsp; -neg</blockquote>

[QUOTE="neg, post: 307628, member: 4431"] Okay let me qualify this by saying I have been a player for many more years than I was a DM, and I have blocked all my DM experience from memory. However, I do want to get a sense of people's feelings on this issue: I have a DM that will almost always roll a 50% die to see what character a monster will attack, if two or more characters are in range. Doesn't matter the situation, the monster will attack one character one round, another character another round, and maybe return to attack the first character on the third round, or attack someone else completely. I have seen a great many DM's do this. My question is do many of your DM's do it? If you were a fairly intelligent monster (and DM) wouldn't you want to concentrate and eliminate the enemy? Why allow randomness to play a part? Does this measure a certain amount of Rat Bastardness in a DM? Or are DM's letting players off easy at times, or more often then not? Do we short change encounters this way? How would this affect CR? I would love to hear opinions from players and DM's alike. -neg [/QUOTE]

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