Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 1942051" data-attributes="member: 93">As the Half-Giant in the last campaign I played in found out, when you look immensely tough, you tend to attract a lot of attention.  When you charge into a situation, and the enemy has the chance to divide you from your support, that's a good tactic.From a purely tactical POV, concentrating fire on one target is absolutely the way to go, especially in D&D.  Your enemy is just as dangerous at 1 HP as at 100 HP, so if you can take one out entirely, your danger level ratchets down similarly.  So the tactic is valid, if sometimes not all that much fun sometimes.  On the other hand, it could be that the DM threw all that at your PC because your PC was the only one who could survive it.  In these situations, the responsiblity goes to the player to move their PC out of dangers way; you can't count on the DM to decide to switch targets just because you're wilting.  Charging into combat while down -5 CON might not be the best idea either...The challenge seems tough - but as others have mentioned, its not easy to judge how tough because of the house rules involved.  How much did you know about the situation before going in?  How did you know the wizard was CE, for example; some intelligence must have been gathered.  And lastly, have you played with this DM long; is this a constant tendency, or a sudden and unusual turn of events?</blockquote>