Giving Escorts a safe starting place

[ohioastro]

With version 20 one frequently starts in a room filled with foes. This isn't necessarily a problem, except in one case: where you are also given an escort quest. I just had two cases in a row, with a very strong toon (defeated the ambush), where it was impossible to keep the escort alive under these circumstances. It didn't help that in both cases I had breeder monsters with me and the escort in a large open room. You can't safely employ AOEs, you have no place to protect the poor fellow, and you might as well just not have the quest in the first place.

I'd really lobby for having a clear entry area whenever you're given an escort. You should at least be able to position yourself without getting swarmed on move 1.