wizard doing it all DM help

[nedz]

Dropping targeted items is iffy because the player you have designed the item for may not like it and choose something else. This is especially true for beginners. Too often the item gets put in the bag and sold or even just never identified.

The healing items drop is a good idea though, however it does invalidate the healbots character choices so it might not work out too well.

The usual counters to AoEs is to have the enemy spread out, or hide, or close quickly to combat, etc.. If you present the blasterbot with lots of Fireball shaped formations, well you know what happens.

Also the point about invalidating the player's tactical choices, even bad ones, is also important. You really want them to improve their tactics and not for you to play the game for them.