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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4139089" data-attributes="member: 834">For tactics to be meaningful, you need to have hard choices to make.In 3e, the archer who is shooting at the soft target in the rear instead of the high HP, high AC target in front may think he is being tactical.  He is not.  He's on auto-pilot.  What kind of idiot woulnd't do that?In the same situation, these marking mechanics along with the new monster design philosophy mix it up.    Does the ranger mark the Elite brute monster in front and try to help the fighter to take it out as fast as possible?   Or does he forgo his marking power to shoot at the annoying artillery monster who slows down whoever he hits but  has less than 25% of the HP of the Elite Brute?+1D8 is cool, but he'll probably kill that artillery monster by himself without the +1d8 faster than he and the fighter would have killed the brute with the +1D8.  Or do they?  Hmm, it's close, isn't it?  Oh, but if the wizard helps with magic missile, it's no contest...  But shouldn't he try to take out the two lesser sldier in close rank on the front?Or wait, does the ramger take the risk of maneuvering toward the archer?  Use his nimbleness and speed to get close enough to mark him so that he can kill him even faster?  But what are his odds of survival if he does that?  Hmm, can the Warlord come along to run interference, I wonder...Decisions, decisions, decisions...</blockquote>