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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4949573" data-attributes="member: 46713">Well, I have found that in 4E as a DM I change targets a lot more often than in 3E because the fights are much more dynamic. Often the tactical situation changes completely from one round to the next.For reasonably intelligent foes, I typically adjust their priorities based on what the pcs actually did in the encounter. If a PC manages to land a lucky crit, they're likely to focus on him for a while.At the beginning of a combat I typically picked pcs that exposed themselves (most often this would be the melee striker(s)). When they noticed a leader patching up a striker, they'd focus on the leader.Since the party's controller wasn't particularly effective in most combats, I mostly left him alone.I also made it a point to mostly attack the defender when he was getting in the way. I mean, that's what his role is all about! Fortunately, he couldn't be anywhere at once <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 4949573, member: 46713"] Well, I have found that in 4E as a DM I change targets a lot more often than in 3E because the fights are much more dynamic. Often the tactical situation changes completely from one round to the next. For reasonably intelligent foes, I typically adjust their priorities based on what the pcs actually did in the encounter. If a PC manages to land a lucky crit, they're likely to focus on him for a while. At the beginning of a combat I typically picked pcs that exposed themselves (most often this would be the melee striker(s)). When they noticed a leader patching up a striker, they'd focus on the leader. Since the party's controller wasn't particularly effective in most combats, I mostly left him alone. I also made it a point to mostly attack the defender when he was getting in the way. I mean, that's what his role is all about! Fortunately, he couldn't be anywhere at once :) [/QUOTE]

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