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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6342163" data-attributes="member: 5143">What is a perfect opportunity?  They are somewhere on the battlefield and you have a ranged weapon?  I don't think anyone has ever said "Wizards should never be attacked", just that on average they are attacked less often which means their AC is less important.  I find the same thing is true of Archers of all classes and anyone who stays out of melee.There aren't very many ranged enemies.  When they are in a battle, they are often being forced to melee.  Even when they aren't forced to melee, a melee enemies is normally rapidly approaching them...which makes that person a primary target to make sure they never get into melee.Magic doesn't need to be SUPER SUPER rare just to have the enemies not know everything about magic.  It's likely people know "There are Wizards, they cast weird magical spells that do some wondrous things."  They might even know that casting spells is hard in armor so Wizards often don't wear any.  Some might be familiar with a couple of spells they've experienced in the past.Other than that, I assume most people know nothing about Wizards.  What can the Wizard do?  No idea.  Are his spells more dangerous than a sword?  Don't know.  Is he easier to kill?  Not sure.  Maybe they have magical force fields that stop you from hurting them.Instead, I treat them exactly as I do any other combatant in a battle.  Are they the closest to me?  Have they done anything to directly threaten me?  Have they demonstrated any ability that appears to be extremely powerful?  Is there a more pressing threat that if not dealt with quickly could mean my death?  Then I weigh all of those things and choose a target accordingly.This means that, especially in 5e, the Wizard is the guy standing in the back barely doing any damage and missing more often than the rest of his allies.  He gets targeted last.</blockquote>

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