Thanks i can understand your POV better now. My personal experience as player or DM differs a bit since provoking Opportunity Attacks is somewhat relatively rare, both from PC and monsters or NPC. When creatures get into melee distance, they usually stay put and rarely leave without taking the Dodge action. But i don't have compiled data to go as far as saying rolling a nat 1 on attack roll, ability check or saving throw occur more than Opportunity Attacks in general, but i'd say as a character with the Bountiful Luck feat i'd probably get more opportunity to affect nat 1s D20s from all my teamates than to make Opportunity Attacks.
Ah, very nice. I couldn't speak to why my DM did not choose this route as we no longer game together, but it does sound like that would be the more tactically sound option for a baddie to take and after thinking about it some, is probably the way monsters should act. I know that if I, as a player, wanted to move out of melee, I would take the dodge action with my PC. I can't think of a reason why a monster wouldn't aside from being an unskilled fighter like a common mugger or something.
I agree with you that if everything is operating as it probably should, Bountiful Luck has more value and should be used whenever the chance arises.
The tactics used by the opponents varies depending on the opponents.
Intelligent opponents with a decent AC and hit points assessing that the spell casters are a bigger threat than the fighter/rogue/paladin in front of them may step around, taking an opportunity attack to engage the greater threat in the back line. In addition, if this opponent has multiple allies, they may realize that having a defender use an opportunity attack may allow their allies to move forward with impunity to attack creatures behind the creature who has already used their op attack.
Similarly, intelligent opponents seeing a character healing a downed party member and getting them back up into the fight (at full offensive power even if limited hit points) may well decide that they need to ensure that a downed target stays down and may decide to attack unconscious targets to make sure it stays dead. It may cost an attack or two but that threat won't be getting back up.
On the other hand, less intelligent or unintelligent creatures - beasts, monstrosities etc - are much more likely to stay and continue attacking whoever is closest.
A DM who uses one or the other approach almost exclusively is either using one particular type of opponent more frequently or has decided that in their game monsters/NPCs use similar tactics irrespective of the creature's intelligence or other factors.
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The tactics used by the opponents varies depending on the opponents.
Intelligent opponents with a decent AC and hit points assessing that the spell casters are a bigger threat than the fighter/rogue/paladin in front of them may step around, taking an opportunity attack to engage the greater threat in the back line. In addition, if this opponent has multiple allies, they may realize that having a defender use an opportunity attack may allow their allies to move forward with impunity to attack creatures behind the creature who has already used their op attack.
Similarly, intelligent opponents seeing a character healing a downed party member and getting them back up into the fight (at full offensive power even if limited hit points) may well decide that they need to ensure that a downed target stays down and may decide to attack unconscious targets to make sure it stays dead. It may cost an attack or two but that threat won't be getting back up.
On the other hand, less intelligent or unintelligent creatures - beasts, monstrosities etc - are much more likely to stay and continue attacking whoever is closest.
A DM who uses one or the other approach almost exclusively is either using one particular type of opponent more frequently or has decided that in their game monsters/NPCs use similar tactics irrespective of the creature's intelligence or other factors.