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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6558044" data-attributes="member: 2011">Actually, I see another aspect of this as well.If a U.S. marines barrack was attacked, the soldiers there would just counterattack the closest targets. They would not worry if they were in full body armor, bullet proof vests, or no body armor at all. They would just attack the nearest targets of opportunity. Sure if they spot a foe with a grenade launcher instead of a AK47, they might consider that foe someone to take out quickly, but in the heat of the moment, they will concentrate on the closest targets which are the ones with the highest chance to kill the marines.The same should occur with most monsters. It's not like they have minutes to analyze the situation (like the DM and the players do at the table), they have mere seconds to react. The concept of "only attacking the squishies" is something that monsters should rarely do, even above average intelligent monsters. They should attack whomever is closest since whomever is closest would appear to be one of the more predominant threats in the heat of the moment, at least as a general rule shy of special circumstances (like the PC further away just cast a Fireball spell).</blockquote>