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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Votan" data-source="post: 5731328" data-attributes="member: 18680">There is the haze of more than a decade of recollection, but what I seem to recall was that the theory of the front lin worked well in dungeon corridors and badly in open places (think random encounter at night).  Heck, we still see this with 3E which si why 4E introduced the marking mechanic to try and make creatures attack the big armored guy.  It was also worth noting that monsters were (correctly) afraid of mages in 1E/2E -- so good tactics on the part of any group was to focus on the wizards.  It was fair enough -- the second players identied a possible wizard they did everything they could to attack and kill it.  If you could form a line, that didn't work so well.  But in the open, stopping circling without opportunity attacks is rough.</blockquote>