GMforPowergamers
Legend
Alternately, if the Defender is doing his job, the enemies are taking damage due to ignoring a mark (or being generally less effective) and dealing less damage in the long run due to a case of the deads. There are at least two schools of defending out there, usually mandated by the DM, not the player.
in general I have marked targets attack the marking player most of the time... sometimes theere are reasons not to...but for the most part I assume that is the point of the mark.
I have recently had a paliden and battle mind in my game and both get mad that there punishment is 'uselss' becuse I never invoke it...