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<blockquote data-quote="nopantsyet" data-source="post: 402295" data-attributes="member: 3109">I don't target players just to keep things balanced.&nbsp; Now mind you, if a ftr does 50 points of damage to my evil necromancers strongest minion, you can be certain the necromancer has good reason to go after that character.&nbsp; That's a no brainer.&nbsp; In most cases, opponents use their most effective attack against the character that most recently or most painfully hit them.&nbsp; Any creature with an Int above 0 will go after whatever it percieves as it's greatest threat.&nbsp; So if the fighter just dealt major damage and nobody else has, of course the wizard is going to target him.I am against metagaming once the game has started, but preparation is all meta.&nbsp; If the same characters are dominating combat, I'm inclined to think it's because the same types of opponents keep recurring.&nbsp; For example, if you always fight low-level undead, the Cleric is going to turn every round until they're all destroyed or gone.&nbsp; So look at different types of encounters for them.&nbsp; You could also use opponents that use more magic.&nbsp; Spell Resistance is really good as is anything that can invoke antimagic or dispel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nopantsyet, post: 402295, member: 3109"] I don't target players just to keep things balanced. Now mind you, if a ftr does 50 points of damage to my evil necromancers strongest minion, you can be certain the necromancer has good reason to go after that character. That's a no brainer. In most cases, opponents use their most effective attack against the character that most recently or most painfully hit them. Any creature with an Int above 0 will go after whatever it percieves as it's greatest threat. So if the fighter just dealt major damage and nobody else has, of course the wizard is going to target him. I am against metagaming once the game has started, but preparation is all meta. If the same characters are dominating combat, I'm inclined to think it's because the same types of opponents keep recurring. For example, if you always fight low-level undead, the Cleric is going to turn every round until they're all destroyed or gone. So look at different types of encounters for them. You could also use opponents that use more magic. Spell Resistance is really good as is anything that can invoke antimagic or dispel. [/QUOTE]

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