The Grizzly Rant

"Hey... Why are all the monsters suddenly targeting me? This is so unfair!" - Some angry player, who was "arbitrarily" attacked 3+ times in a single turn of combat. Sigh. Arbitration. Fairness. Making that call. And perhaps worst of all, who does the dragon decide to snatch in its razor-sharp jaws? Welcome to Part 2 of the Jar of Evil, Monster Protocols or How to Train your Monsters. Monster Protocol There was a magnificent video by Runehammer on Monster Mind, essentially a thesis on creating A.I. for monster behavior. I loved it. A lot. I use nearly each one of those methods (someday I hope to use the Player Controlled monster), but I noticed something specifically lacking in those methods: how the monster directs those abilities. Based on my observations of Runehammer, he tends to side more on targeting PCs with the dice than other methods. I can understand why, the dice are impartial. However, the dice have the same flaw in targeting PCs as they do...