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<blockquote data-quote="sobchak" data-source="post: 5393229" data-attributes="member: 100002">I have a few issues with some your statements Aegeri.&nbsp; Even at epic, not all enemies will be intelligent enough to always decide to not attack the swordmage.&nbsp; The earlier example I gave about teleporting into a vulnerable position and failing to be attacked was somewhat of a mistatement on my part.&nbsp; There were 3 skeleton soldiers and maybe 8 skeleton minions against us.&nbsp; Our shaman decided to be first in, and wound up caught in a trap being attacked by the 3 soldiers while dying.&nbsp; I was able to teleport in and contain and eventually kill all the minions, while burning an action point to mark all the soldiers with sword of sigils.&nbsp; My aegis saved the shaman from dying and helped keep other players from falling unconscious.&nbsp; The only thing I failed at was causing all the monsters to attack me, which was a somewhat unrealistic expectation on my part.My main points are 1) The swordmage can do a skidoosh of damage to groups of enemies, but does have poor single target damage and 2) The skeleton minions could not just ignore me in that scenario.&nbsp; At the very least half would have to attack, if not all of them as our DM did.&nbsp; They do not possess the requisite intelligence to make such decisions.&nbsp; In your campaign would an epic level creature possessing limited intelligence always decide not to attack a swordmage based on your calculations?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sobchak, post: 5393229, member: 100002"] I have a few issues with some your statements Aegeri. Even at epic, not all enemies will be intelligent enough to always decide to not attack the swordmage. The earlier example I gave about teleporting into a vulnerable position and failing to be attacked was somewhat of a mistatement on my part. There were 3 skeleton soldiers and maybe 8 skeleton minions against us. Our shaman decided to be first in, and wound up caught in a trap being attacked by the 3 soldiers while dying. I was able to teleport in and contain and eventually kill all the minions, while burning an action point to mark all the soldiers with sword of sigils. My aegis saved the shaman from dying and helped keep other players from falling unconscious. The only thing I failed at was causing all the monsters to attack me, which was a somewhat unrealistic expectation on my part. My main points are 1) The swordmage can do a skidoosh of damage to groups of enemies, but does have poor single target damage and 2) The skeleton minions could not just ignore me in that scenario. At the very least half would have to attack, if not all of them as our DM did. They do not possess the requisite intelligence to make such decisions. In your campaign would an epic level creature possessing limited intelligence always decide not to attack a swordmage based on your calculations? [/QUOTE]

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