I was looking into PHB2, avenger class, and find power that makes me think. What monsters really know? Here is the power:
Now I know that PHB have entry about what monsters know:
Everything is clear. I know. But powers like this will be not as usefull as they actually could be. In full tactic battles such a powers are nefred by the rules. On another hand DM should play monsters by they MM basic tactic, DMG role tactic and INT score, making some mistakes, but not every DM will do such a "mistakes" in favor of PCs (many says the game is already to easy).
So my question is... What a DM should do when player use Defelecting Thunder? Monster knows that his next attack will be targetet to his ally. The most DMs probably will not attack at all or just attack another target. I know that not being attacked one turn is good anyway, but... What you think?
PHB2 p.36 said:Deflecting Thunder
Encounter ✦ Divine, Thunder, Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Wisdom vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Wisdom modifier thunder damage. Until the end of your next turn, the next melee or ranged attack against you instead targets an enemy adjacent to you other than the attacker.
Now I know that PHB have entry about what monsters know:
PHB p.57 said:Whenever you affect a creature with a power, that creature knows exactly what you’ve done to it and what conditions you’ve imposed. For example, when a paladin uses divine challenge against an enemy, the enemy knows that it has been marked and that it will therefore take a penalty to attack rolls and some damage if it attacks anyone aside from the paladin.
Everything is clear. I know. But powers like this will be not as usefull as they actually could be. In full tactic battles such a powers are nefred by the rules. On another hand DM should play monsters by they MM basic tactic, DMG role tactic and INT score, making some mistakes, but not every DM will do such a "mistakes" in favor of PCs (many says the game is already to easy).
So my question is... What a DM should do when player use Defelecting Thunder? Monster knows that his next attack will be targetet to his ally. The most DMs probably will not attack at all or just attack another target. I know that not being attacked one turn is good anyway, but... What you think?