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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4106757" data-attributes="member: 834">Wolves aren't tactical genius.They run down deer.  They're good at it, but they're not soldiers.  They'd be completely confused if confronted by a group of four armed travellers who do not allow themselves to be chased.  PCs wouldn't run scared when they'd hear the wolves.  They wouldn't allow themselves to be funneled, allow themselves to get exhausted by pointlessly trying to outrun a predator with more stamina than them and then allow themselves to get cornered.  They'd let the wolves howl all they want and would keep going in the direction they want at the pace they want.  IRL, wolves would never attack a "prey" who reacts that way unless they are famished.  Or even then.  I've never heard about wolves attacking multiple preys at the same time.  These animal that you hold to high tactical standards wouldn't know what to do in such situations!  But this is D&D of course, so it happens.  But there's no reason for them to do so more efficiently than Ogres beyond a personal bias toward an animal with a fantasy behaviour VS outright fantsay creatures.  Ogre are smart enough to lay traps and ambushes.  Wolves don't even do that.</blockquote>