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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8174589" data-attributes="member: 6788736">No you're not!Why on earth would monsters attack a PC that is not attacking, is dodging and poses no threat?If I was DMing I would just have the monsters walk past you and threaten and kill the ranged PCs and casters. If you hit one with your AoO, then maybe some of the rest of them would start swinging at you that round as well (no shield now because you AoO).A far better option would be a Raging Barbarian with a Greatsword and GWM. On his turn, he recklessly attacks, kills an enemy, and then cleaves into a second killing it as well. Two less enemies to worry about now (and two less actions coming back your way). Also, the monsters kind of now WANT to attack him (they have advantage to do so, and he's just too big a threat, and he just killed Bob and Harry) and if they hit, he soaks it with rage.Now the ranged PCs are OK to act and they monsters are trying to take down the big scary barbarian, they do their thing without being surrounded by monsters, killing a few monsters themselves.The encounter is now effectively over.A dodging blade-singer attracts no heat from monsters. Instead of dodging and casting shield, try tossing a sleep spell in which at low level likely kills 2-3 things then and there, or from 5th onwards level toss in fireballs, or hypnotic patterns to shut down or kill dozens of enemies.That is an effective use of resources (and your action). Twirling around in place and using your action to dodge and your reaction to blow a slot to simply not get hit is a waste of what you're actually good at as a wizard.</blockquote>

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