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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 4807366" data-attributes="member: 707">Yes, I'd consider it too metagamey for the Balor to target the wizard because he has fewer hit points.  "Hit Points" is a metagame term, and Balors don't think that way.Instead, I recommend you decide the Balor's actions based on in-game logic.  In 3.x, at 17th-level it's generally a good idea to neutralize the spellcasters first.  So stunning the wizard is exactly what a Balor would do.Not because he has fewer hit points so the Balor knows it's more likely to connect.  Because stunning the wizard is one of the best tactical options available to it.Try not to ever base your monsters' decisions on metagame mechanics.  Base them on what the critter can see/hear, and what it knows.  With a superhumanly intelligent and knowledgable creature like a Balor, that gives you plenty of leeway without crossing the line.Edit to add:  Just be sure to not be swayed if next time the wizard puts up some kind of defense versus stunning.  From the (next) Balor's point of view, stunning the wizard is likely to still be the best option, at least until after he's tried it once and failed. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>